Chapter 31

It appeared that this test had confirmed the unfavorable indications of the fourth immersion, for the body was now withdrawn from the light, and thrown carelessly into a mesh-sided tray upon the floor, in which a number of non-human creatures of unfamiliar kinds were already heaped and squirming. The Dweller pressed a stud with his foot, and the tray slid from the room. I did not follow it further. I felt almost physically sick with repulsion from the brutality which I had witnessed, as I waited while my companio…