Nightpool
“The cave walls leaped and twisted around him in the flickering light. He clamped on the glass chimney, then pushed deeper into the grotto. But at the great cave he paused. He knew he must stop here, must see the painted animals.
He shone his light in and saw them leap up as if they had just sprung to life, the rearing black unicorn seeming to paw and turn, the pale foxes to slip deeper into the stone. Even in the paintings, the animals’ intelligence showed clearly. The way they held themselves,... their expressions, showed they were quite aware of their places in time, in the world, and in the scheme of life. The sentient, speaking animals were aware of death, too, his mother had said, and so were capable of understanding the meaning of all life. The ordinary animals, living only for the moment, did not deal with such meanings, and knew death only at the instant it struck them.
Teb thought he would like to sleep in here, among the pictures of these knowing creatures. But he went on. He turned from the great cave reluctantly, robing the animals in darkness once more, and went quickly, deeper in, toward the crawling tunnel.MoreLess
He shone his light in and saw them leap up as if they had just sprung to life, the rearing black unicorn seeming to paw and turn, the pale foxes to slip deeper into the stone. Even in the paintings, the animals’ intelligence showed clearly. The way they held themselves,... their expressions, showed they were quite aware of their places in time, in the world, and in the scheme of life. The sentient, speaking animals were aware of death, too, his mother had said, and so were capable of understanding the meaning of all life. The ordinary animals, living only for the moment, did not deal with such meanings, and knew death only at the instant it struck them.
Teb thought he would like to sleep in here, among the pictures of these knowing creatures. But he went on. He turned from the great cave reluctantly, robing the animals in darkness once more, and went quickly, deeper in, toward the crawling tunnel.MoreLess
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