So, not even you know who controls?
Who does know then?
The Controller, as such. Though some
do not know that entity by that name.
What other names are there?
Names? They are multitudinous
and essentially unimportant.
Sooo, infinite, then. I mean, an infinite number of names.
Hardly. No thing is infinite.
Right. Well, how about a few examples just between...
lower entities, as such.
You (The Arachnid eases forward)
joke? (Leans close so that all eight eyes can carefully assess)
Whoah, no, I mean, yes, I mean
not so in my face - O.K.?
Eight eyes refuse to withdraw.
Eight eyes stellarscope.
Flash-meld-focus.
Look into my eyes, Harper - all of them.
Drink deep deeper DEEPEST.
.
One eye fractals impossibly back........... back........... back...........
encompasses worlds of colour whirlpooling light and matter
but no sound.
They are planets.... no... galaxies
no universes and...
something beyond them swirling molecules
cloud-bouillabaisse
matter-spatterings the beginning and the Ending.
Do you begin to understand? Anything?
Harper is silent, attempting to break free to...
The second eye seems to corkscrew flange
and flare
a tentacle-pupil bud-studded with nubbled protuberances.
It spirals eerily.
What are those capsules those pocketed packages?
