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Are you still here?

Are you still here?

Is that hollow laughter that she hears?

Is that hollow laughter that she hears?

Has she been here before?

Has she been here before?

She feels vaguely threatened.

She feels vaguely threatened.

It’s growing darker, the deeper she goes.

It’s growing darker, the deeper she goes.

I think this is going to have a bad ending.

I think this is going to have a bad ending.

Give me a rock to hold.

Give me a rock to hold.

So time itself will not exist when life ends, as life unevitably must.

So time itself will not exist when life ends, as life unevitably must.

Only humans can experience time.

Only humans can experience time.

The situation is, in that sense, unspeakable.

The situation is, in that sense, unspeakable.

She’s as pure as the spotless lily of the lake.

She’s as pure as the spotless lily of the lake.

I can personally assure you that everything’s just fine.

I can personally assure you that everything’s just fine.

What she was looking for wasn’t there.

What she was looking for wasn’t there.

It wasn’t easy to see what separated one Martian from another.

It wasn’t easy to see what separated one Martian from another.

Knowledge is power

Knowledge is power

Mankind is a transparent mystery

Mankind is a transparent mystery

This may be his last chance

This may be his last chance

Probably there is already no turning back

Probably there is already no turning back

Soon there will be no turning back

Soon there will be no turning back

The conspirators sit smoking thoughtfully

The conspirators sit smoking thoughtfully

Realizing that life is short and brutal

Realizing that life is short and brutal

Did he finish his beer? Can’t remember

Did he finish his beer? Can’t remember

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