The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction 1980 August by Various

Author:Various
Language: eng
Format: epub

When he was finished, he looked down at his shredded suit, at the blood splattered like red paint over the rocks. His eyes moved oddly, slowly, unblinkingly.

They were not human eyes now.

They glowed, burning with a fire that flickered like tongues, burning with the light of a Voice, an understanding, pain, guilt.

He took a step toward the water. The legs worked. The spine worked. He took more steps, entered the water, felt its coolness pull at the shreds of his suit, and began to move his arms, to swim through the congested waves.

It took him an hour to round the jetty and reach the bay. He left the water on the quiet side of the jetty—unobserved and not at all tired.

No one would see the burning of his eyes. He could make sure of this. Just as no one would hear the shrieking that filled him now. World without end, amen.

They would notice only his face—the face that was hauntingly familiar.

He began to walk toward the village called Pozzuoli.

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