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"No, not beyond imagining," Joyla interrupted. "It
must be assumed the Pillars are greater."
Appreciative mutters sounded in agreement.
"Well considered, Joyla," Reader admitted. "Some-
thing for its size, heavy beyond imagining, then," and
this time he looked satisfied as Joyla remained silent.
"It entered the world northwest of the stormtreader
and passed on to the Lower Hell. Probably it was
a denizen of that Hell visiting its cousins in the Up-
per, and it has returned now to its home."

"Might we not be wrong about the demons of the
Upper?" someone in the crowd ventured. "Might they
not in truth grow as large as those below? We know
Httle enough of both Hells."


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"And I for one," someone else put in, "have no
desire to know more!" There was sympathetic laughter.

"Nevertheless," the shaman insisted, gesturing with
the axe at the dweller who had preferred his com-
fortable ignorance, "this particular demon chose to
descend near to us. What if it has not returned to its
home in the depths? It has made no sound or. move-
ment since its arrival. If it remains near us, who can
say what it might do?" There were nervous stirrings
in the crowd. "There is a chance it might be dead.
While the opportunity to inspect a dead demon would
be interesting, so much meat would be more valuable."

"Unless its relatives come around to claim its
corpse," someone shouted, "in which case I'd rather
be elsewhere!" There were mutters of agreement.

Lightning crackled above the tallest emergent, and
thunder rolled down to them again. To his amazement
Bom found himself suddenly on his feet, speaking. "I
don't think it was a demon." There was a mass shift-
ing of bodies as all eyes came to focus on him. The
abrupt attention made him acutely uncomfortable, but
he held his ground.

"How do you know? Did you see the thing?"