The Totems of Abydos (2012)
“screamed Brenner.
The two Pons near the conical cage, suspended from a tripod of saplings, startled, scurried back, the points of their sticks red.
The small female which Brenner had rescued on the cliffs began to howl.
“There is nothing you can do for him now,” said Rodriguez.
“It is eerie,” said Brenner.
“Seeing such things in another life form?” said Rodriguez.
“Yes,” whispered Brenner.
“Such things occur in many life forms,” said Rodriguez.
“It is like a hideous mockery, a grotesque travest...y, of the cruelty of our own species,” said Brenner.
“The Pons are higher on the evolutionary scale than I realized,” said Rodriguez. “Only rational species cage and torture their own kind.”
“We were too late,” said Brenner.
“You came as fast as you could,” said Rodriguez. “He was probably dead hours ago.”
Brenner regarded the tiny, hairy, bloodied, naked form cramped within the bars of the suspended, conical cage. It must have been poked with sharpened sticks a great number of times.MoreLess
The two Pons near the conical cage, suspended from a tripod of saplings, startled, scurried back, the points of their sticks red.
The small female which Brenner had rescued on the cliffs began to howl.
“There is nothing you can do for him now,” said Rodriguez.
“It is eerie,” said Brenner.
“Seeing such things in another life form?” said Rodriguez.
“Yes,” whispered Brenner.
“Such things occur in many life forms,” said Rodriguez.
“It is like a hideous mockery, a grotesque travest...y, of the cruelty of our own species,” said Brenner.
“The Pons are higher on the evolutionary scale than I realized,” said Rodriguez. “Only rational species cage and torture their own kind.”
“We were too late,” said Brenner.
“You came as fast as you could,” said Rodriguez. “He was probably dead hours ago.”
Brenner regarded the tiny, hairy, bloodied, naked form cramped within the bars of the suspended, conical cage. It must have been poked with sharpened sticks a great number of times.MoreLess
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