05 Memnoch the Devil by Anne Rice

Author:Anne Rice
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Vampires
ISBN: 9780679441014
Publisher: Knopf
Published: 1995-07-03T17:39:49+00:00

Comprehension before man came into being.

“But let me remind you, especially as we walk through this magnificent garden, that we witnessed millions of explosions and chemical transformations, upheavals, all of which involved nonorganic molecules before ‘life’ as we call it ever came to exist.”

“The mountain ranges were here.”

“Yes.”

“And the rains?”

“Torrents upon torrents of rain.”

“Volcanos erupted.”

“Continuously. You can’t conceive of how enthralled we were. We watched the atmosphere thicken and develop, watching it change in composition.

“And then, and then, came what I will call for you the Thirteen Revelations or mystical Evolution. And by revelation, I mean what was revealed in the process to the angels, to those of us who Watched, to us.

“I could tell you in greater detail, take you inside every basic species of organism that ever thrived in this world. But you wouldn’t remember it. I’m going to tell you what you can remember so that you can make your decision while you’re still alive.”

“Am I alive?”

“Of course. Your soul has never suffered physical death; it’s never left the earth, except with me by special dispensation for this journey. You know you are alive.

You’re Lestat de Lioncourt, even though your body has been mutated by the invasion of an alien and alchemic spirit, whose history and woes you have recorded yourself.”

“To come with you … to decide to follow you … I have to die then, don’t I?”

“Of course,” he said.

I found myself stopped still again, hands locked to the side of my head. I stared down at the grass underneath my boots. I sensed the swarm of insectile light gathered in the sun falling on us. I looked at the reflection of radiance and verdant forest in Memnoch’s eyes.

He lifted his hand very slowly, as if giving me full opportunity to move away from him, and then he laid his hand on my shoulder. I loved this sort of gesture, the respectful gesture. I tried so often to make this sort of gesture myself.

“You have the choice, remember? You can return to being exactly what you are now.”

I couldn’t answer. I knew what I was thinking. Immortal, material, earthbound, 162

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