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You may copy it, give it away or -re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included -with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org/license - - -Title: The Time of Cold - -Author: Mary Carlson - -Release Date: February 18, 2020 [EBook #61439] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: ASCII - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE TIME OF COLD *** - - - - -Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online -Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net - - - - - - -</pre> - - -<div class="figcenter"> - <img src="images/cover.jpg" width="359" height="500" alt=""/> -</div> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<div class="titlepage"> - -<h1>THE TIME OF COLD</h1> - -<h2>BY MARY CARLSON</h2> - -<p class="ph1">Queer creatures! They fled the life-giving<br /> -sun and hid where even tin froze solid!</p> - -<p>[Transcriber's Note: This etext was produced from<br /> -Worlds of If Science Fiction, September 1963.<br /> -Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that<br /> -the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.]</p> - -</div> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<p>Curt felt the airship going out of control as he passed over a rock -spattered stretch of sand. Automatically he looked for a smooth place -to land and steered the bucking ship for it. The jolt of the landing -triggered the ejector seat and in a second he was hurtling through the -air away from the explosion of the damaged vehicle. Just before he -blacked out, he thought—almost calmly—"a good hundred and fifty miles -from the colony."</p> - -<p>When he regained consciousness, night was passing and the first of the -three suns was peeking over the horizon. Curt lay still for a while, -afraid to find out what might be wrong with him. And the rescue ship -could take anything from an hour to a week to find him. He moved his -head to discover if there might be anything left of his ship; he saw -nothing but pieces.</p> - -<p>"Well," he said aloud, "so much for that." He reached back gingerly -and undid the seat straps. Carefully, he sat up and began to ease his -weight onto his feet. A sharp twinge of pain in his knee dropped him -back to a sitting position. He probed at the knee but found no broken -bones.</p> - -<p>"Well," he said again, quietly. The colony leaders had had very little -to offer in the way of survival. Rule number 1: Mark the crash site and -your direction of travel. Number 2: Get into shade before the combined -heat of the three suns boils your blood. Number 3: Carry your pistol -for protection against liquid scorpions, and always save the last -pellet for yourself.</p> - -<p>Curt glanced about nervously at the thought of the liquid -scorpions—the one form of animal life the colonist had found on this -mineral-rich planet. Liquid scorpions were enormous masses of clear, -jellyish liquid that oozed forward across the rock and sand with -remarkable speed. A liquid scorpion changed shape constantly, its mass -shooting out legs wherever they were needed. Only the eyes, fixed in a -bulge over the center of its mass, and the almost-solid, curved stinger -that arched over its back remained the same.</p> - -<p>The first landing party had stood transfixed while one of the crew was -attacked and absorbed before their eyes. Clear, the scorpion had been -almost invisible to them until it flowed about the navigator's legs and -paralyzed him with the swaying stinger. When his frantic struggles had -ceased, the creature flowed over his body and absorbed it. As the party -watched, the clearness slowly became a thin, dark red, and the body -could no longer be seen.</p> - -<p>Avengers had poured out of the ship after the giant scorpion, which -reared back, tripling its height and halving its width. At the apex, -the two protruding eyes bulged at them and the stinger swayed back and -forth, reaching out and retreating. Explosive pellets fired into its -flesh were absorbed with a slurping sound. The captain in the end, had -knelt and taken careful aim at the right eye, behind which was the -only unreddened sector of the mass. When the right eye disappeared, -the clear area spurted out of the hole and drained over the jelly-like -surface. Slowly, silently, the first of the liquid scorpions died.</p> - -<p>Curt counted the pellets in his belt—an even hundred. Enough ... if -he managed to keep out of sight and had good enough aim. He surveyed -the surrounding countryside. Farther along the valley were shaded caves -where he could find protection once he had marked his course.</p> - -<p>If he could walk that far.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>Xen came sluggishly awake, feeling the warmth penetrate his mass. The -time of heat had come again, the time to search for what would halt the -hunger that ached through every inch of him.</p> - -<p>Slowly, his cold-stiffened mass flowed forward from its hiding place in -the warmth-holding sand. The heat melted the stiffness out of him and -he began to slide across the sand, his alert senses functioning again. -Sense of touch led him across rocks and over ridges easily. The touchy -sense of vibration waited apprehensively for movement that would -shake the ground. And the third sense, the one that could be called -only "sense" or "sense of knowing," functioned as always without his -understanding. Today, this third sense told Xen, was different from -other days.</p> - -<p>Extra-cautious, Xen oozed over rocky barriers in the direction that his -"sense" told him held food. Once he felt a slight tremor, and in terror -flooded out over the rock into thin, transparent nothing. He waited -several degrees of heat, but no further movement touched the sensitive -receivers in his mass.</p> - -<p>A falling rock, he decided, collecting himself and starting forward -again. He slithered down rocky walls, pouring almost like water when -the drop was long and drawing together at the bottom. When his feeling -of touch warned him of the shade whose coolness might solidify him and -leave him helpless in the open, he drew hurriedly away and changed -direction.</p> - -<p>Finally, he reached an open spot that was likely to contain food. -His mass ached for something to consume, but he flooded himself thin -again and waited, feeling. There was no vibration through the surface, -nor did his "sense" tell him of anything other than the possibility -of nourishment. Xen hesitated only a degree of heat before bubbling -excitedly into the open space.</p> - -<p>Touch found him something edible almost immediately—he flowed around -and over it, absorbing it hungrily. His mass dissolved it almost -immediately and ached for more. He slid thin, reaching out in every -direction until contact was made, then absorbing the food instantly and -moving on.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>Curt, lying in meager shade that would be gone in half an hour when -the third and largest sun rose, first saw the movement when it was on -the rocks. His already frayed nerves gave a frightened leap. He lay -perfectly still. Where he had seen the movement on the rocky shelf -there was now nothing.</p> - -<p>The nothing moved forward.</p> - -<p>Curt shivered. He was certain he was seeing nothing, and yet his eyes -were trying to tell him there was movement. When it reached the flat -place and flowed swiftly forward, he realized that it was a liquid -animal and was suddenly pointedly conscious of the weight of the pistol -against his hip.</p> - -<p>He watched carefully for the eyes and the stinger, but saw none. That -frightened him. If he could not find the brain, he had no mark to -shoot at. As he watched, the liquid creature flowed against one of the -hardy, sun-browned plants and jerked in reaction. Instantly, it flowed -over the plant and absorbed it. The liquid turned momentarily a thin -brownish green and then cleared again.</p> - -<p>Curt watched it with narrowed eyes. It was just possible that this -creature ate only plant life. The colonists had realized that the -liquid scorpions had fed upon something else before they arrived, but -no one had been able to discover what that something was.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>Xen was in the process of absorbing a plant when the vibration sense -alerted him. Terror shot through him and he spread thinly across thirty -feet of ground and lay motionless, his "sense" telling him frantically -that a Sting was hunting nearby.</p> - -<p>He lay for many degrees of heat, waiting. Sense of vibration and -knowing both told him that the Sting was approaching, but uncertainly, -searching. Then both senses reacted startledly to a new danger on the -other side. New movement! A new feeling that his "sense" could not -understand.</p> - -<p>The Sting was approaching at an angle that would inevitably bring it in -contact with Xen. Absorption was the penalty for being caught. Xen was -resigned to death, for he could not possibly escape the Sting. And now -there was this new sensation on the other side of him. Whatever it was, -he had no idea; but likely it was as voracious as the Sting.</p> - -<p>Now the new thing vibrated jerkily around him and stopped between him -and the Sting. The vibrations from the eager Sting accelerated rapidly, -eagerly, as it flowed over the ground. Then, for no reason except that -the new creature had moved slightly, the Sting recoiled. The jerks were -plainly recorded through the earth to Xen; and as he felt the heavy -jar, his "sense" told him that the danger from the Sting was past. The -Sting was dead.</p> - -<p>Xen drew himself together and considered that.</p> - -<p>The new thing vibrated jerkily the place from which Xen had first felt -it move. It must be solid as the rocks to move so jerkily, Xen thought. -The Sting-killer drew itself back under the enormous rock and ceased to -move.</p> - -<p>Curiosity drew Xen forward, fear dragged him back. He spread thin and -drew together with uncertainty. At last, he oozed forward carefully -until he reached the rock. The Sting-killer was pressed back under the -rock, where touch told Xen a tiny amount of the cold-carrying shade -remained. Xen puzzled at that. Why should this creature hide from the -life-giving suns?</p> - -<p>He reached out and absorbed a plant thoughtfully. This thing was -different from the liquid structures he had always known. If it was -solid where they were liquid, perhaps then it was also opposite in its -needs. Maybe this Sting-killer needed cold instead of heat.</p> - -<p>While Xen was considering this difficult thought, the Sting-killer -began to move again.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>Curt gasped. The shade was gone. The third sun was reaching long rays -under the rock to sear his already-burned flesh. He had to find more -shade.</p> - -<p>Movements were very painful. His lips were cracking and his face had -blackened. The injured knee had swollen inside the protective suit; it -throbbed and ached. Dazedly, he pulled himself to his feet.</p> - -<p>On the rock beside him, spread an inch thick, was the almost-invisible -creature he had been forced to circle in order to stop the liquid -scorpion. He wondered tiredly if it was dangerous. It lay completely -motionless, just as it had when the liquid scorpion had approached. So -it was probably more afraid of him than he was of it. He turned away. -There appeared to be shade down the valley—perhaps a mile, perhaps -three. Too much for him, he knew, but he set out, feeling the sun beat -cruelly at him, crying out when the pain in his knee forced him to -catch his balance against the sun-heated rock.</p> - -<p>He knew without turning that the liquid creature was following him, -stopping when he stopped, starting when he started. When he knew he -could go no farther and felt his knee give weakly to his weight, he saw -it ooze forward and began to flow over his legs. He tried to reach his -pistol, but it seemed so far away.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>Xen, following the Sting-killer curiously, put together all that he had -learned. This creature was different from himself. It needed shade. It -had killed his enemy, which was possibly also its own enemy. Now it was -trying to reach the shade, but its progress grew steadily slower.</p> - -<p>He considered that progress. The only thing he could liken it to was -one of his own kind, caught out in the time of cold, trying to reach -the heat-retaining sands, slowly congealing into a solid mass and -dying. This, then, was the reverse process. Perhaps the Sting-killer -would become liquid after a certain degree of heat.</p> - -<p>Xen's sense of knowing warned him gently about too much wandering -in the open, where countless Stings could be hiding. He drew back, -unwilling to stop following this interesting creature. The Sting-killer -vibrated the ground and lay still suddenly. Xen waited for a "sense" of -death but none came. This might be for the new thing a stage similar to -that when one of Xen's own kind became unable to move from the cold, -but still lived and feared.</p> - -<p>Caught between his own fear and a very strange sensation that he could -not interpret, Xen waited a degree of heat. Then he oozed forward and -spread himself over the still shape, until it floated within him. When -he flowed over one part, the thing struggled pitiably. Xen drew back -startedly and the movement ceased. Carefully, he retraced his course, -leaving the part free. This time there was no struggling.</p> - -<p>Spurred by fear of Stings, Xen began to flow across the land, letting -his "Sense" guide him to the coldness. He slithered up slopes, poured -over steep drops, always collecting himself in time to catch his burden.</p> - -<p>He found a place that would stay cold until the next time of heat -and halted in front of it, his anxiety evident in the way he spread -and collected himself, back and forth. At last he inched forward, -feeling the agony of the cold bite into every cell. Bunching himself -behind the Sting-killer, he made it flow along him until it broke -free and lay upon the shaded rock. Xen drew back as hurriedly as his -already-sluggish mass would allow. He spread thin across the earth and -let the heat liquefy his body again....</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>It was when the time of cold was only a few degrees away that Xen felt -the heavy vibration which nearly made him dissolve with fear. It lasted -for a few degrees and then weakened and made only a small tremor. Now -many smaller vibrations reached him, like many creatures moving about. -The tremors spread out, moving slowly toward the rocky valley.</p> - -<p>Xen lay still trying to identify the vibrations. They were not those of -Stings. As they approached, he recognized them as resembling in great -numbers the creature he had put upon the rock.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>Curt imagined he heard voices, an incoherent babble of them. He -struggled to sit up, but there was an incredible weight on his chest.</p> - -<p>"Lie still," a voice said clearly, and his mind echoed, "Still ... -still ... still...."</p> - -<p>He struggled again. "Liquid," he croaked painfully, "liquid animal ... -liquid...." The weight was still there. He heard one last voice say, -"Poor guy, he must have run into scorpions."</p> - -<p>Then he was lifted and it seemed as though the lifting would never -cease.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>Xen waited until the small tremor was gone and the great vibration had -roared and disappeared. He knew by the sense of emptiness that the -Sting-killer had gone back to his own kind. For a moment he felt very -alone, though he knew the sand was full of Xens.</p> - -<p>Slowly, he drew himself together. 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You may copy it, give it away or -re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included -with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org/license - - -Title: The Time of Cold - -Author: Mary Carlson - -Release Date: February 18, 2020 [EBook #61439] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: ASCII - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE TIME OF COLD *** - - - - -Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online -Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net - - - - - - - - - - THE TIME OF COLD - - BY MARY CARLSON - - Queer creatures! They fled the life-giving - sun and hid where even tin froze solid! - - [Transcriber's Note: This etext was produced from - Worlds of If Science Fiction, September 1963. - Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that - the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.] - - -Curt felt the airship going out of control as he passed over a rock -spattered stretch of sand. Automatically he looked for a smooth place -to land and steered the bucking ship for it. The jolt of the landing -triggered the ejector seat and in a second he was hurtling through the -air away from the explosion of the damaged vehicle. Just before he -blacked out, he thought--almost calmly--"a good hundred and fifty miles -from the colony." - -When he regained consciousness, night was passing and the first of the -three suns was peeking over the horizon. Curt lay still for a while, -afraid to find out what might be wrong with him. And the rescue ship -could take anything from an hour to a week to find him. He moved his -head to discover if there might be anything left of his ship; he saw -nothing but pieces. - -"Well," he said aloud, "so much for that." He reached back gingerly -and undid the seat straps. Carefully, he sat up and began to ease his -weight onto his feet. A sharp twinge of pain in his knee dropped him -back to a sitting position. He probed at the knee but found no broken -bones. - -"Well," he said again, quietly. The colony leaders had had very little -to offer in the way of survival. Rule number 1: Mark the crash site and -your direction of travel. Number 2: Get into shade before the combined -heat of the three suns boils your blood. Number 3: Carry your pistol -for protection against liquid scorpions, and always save the last -pellet for yourself. - -Curt glanced about nervously at the thought of the liquid -scorpions--the one form of animal life the colonist had found on this -mineral-rich planet. Liquid scorpions were enormous masses of clear, -jellyish liquid that oozed forward across the rock and sand with -remarkable speed. A liquid scorpion changed shape constantly, its mass -shooting out legs wherever they were needed. Only the eyes, fixed in a -bulge over the center of its mass, and the almost-solid, curved stinger -that arched over its back remained the same. - -The first landing party had stood transfixed while one of the crew was -attacked and absorbed before their eyes. Clear, the scorpion had been -almost invisible to them until it flowed about the navigator's legs and -paralyzed him with the swaying stinger. When his frantic struggles had -ceased, the creature flowed over his body and absorbed it. As the party -watched, the clearness slowly became a thin, dark red, and the body -could no longer be seen. - -Avengers had poured out of the ship after the giant scorpion, which -reared back, tripling its height and halving its width. At the apex, -the two protruding eyes bulged at them and the stinger swayed back and -forth, reaching out and retreating. Explosive pellets fired into its -flesh were absorbed with a slurping sound. The captain in the end, had -knelt and taken careful aim at the right eye, behind which was the -only unreddened sector of the mass. When the right eye disappeared, -the clear area spurted out of the hole and drained over the jelly-like -surface. Slowly, silently, the first of the liquid scorpions died. - -Curt counted the pellets in his belt--an even hundred. Enough ... if -he managed to keep out of sight and had good enough aim. He surveyed -the surrounding countryside. Farther along the valley were shaded caves -where he could find protection once he had marked his course. - -If he could walk that far. - - * * * * * - -Xen came sluggishly awake, feeling the warmth penetrate his mass. The -time of heat had come again, the time to search for what would halt the -hunger that ached through every inch of him. - -Slowly, his cold-stiffened mass flowed forward from its hiding place in -the warmth-holding sand. The heat melted the stiffness out of him and -he began to slide across the sand, his alert senses functioning again. -Sense of touch led him across rocks and over ridges easily. The touchy -sense of vibration waited apprehensively for movement that would -shake the ground. And the third sense, the one that could be called -only "sense" or "sense of knowing," functioned as always without his -understanding. Today, this third sense told Xen, was different from -other days. - -Extra-cautious, Xen oozed over rocky barriers in the direction that his -"sense" told him held food. Once he felt a slight tremor, and in terror -flooded out over the rock into thin, transparent nothing. He waited -several degrees of heat, but no further movement touched the sensitive -receivers in his mass. - -A falling rock, he decided, collecting himself and starting forward -again. He slithered down rocky walls, pouring almost like water when -the drop was long and drawing together at the bottom. When his feeling -of touch warned him of the shade whose coolness might solidify him and -leave him helpless in the open, he drew hurriedly away and changed -direction. - -Finally, he reached an open spot that was likely to contain food. -His mass ached for something to consume, but he flooded himself thin -again and waited, feeling. There was no vibration through the surface, -nor did his "sense" tell him of anything other than the possibility -of nourishment. Xen hesitated only a degree of heat before bubbling -excitedly into the open space. - -Touch found him something edible almost immediately--he flowed around -and over it, absorbing it hungrily. His mass dissolved it almost -immediately and ached for more. He slid thin, reaching out in every -direction until contact was made, then absorbing the food instantly and -moving on. - - * * * * * - -Curt, lying in meager shade that would be gone in half an hour when -the third and largest sun rose, first saw the movement when it was on -the rocks. His already frayed nerves gave a frightened leap. He lay -perfectly still. Where he had seen the movement on the rocky shelf -there was now nothing. - -The nothing moved forward. - -Curt shivered. He was certain he was seeing nothing, and yet his eyes -were trying to tell him there was movement. When it reached the flat -place and flowed swiftly forward, he realized that it was a liquid -animal and was suddenly pointedly conscious of the weight of the pistol -against his hip. - -He watched carefully for the eyes and the stinger, but saw none. That -frightened him. If he could not find the brain, he had no mark to -shoot at. As he watched, the liquid creature flowed against one of the -hardy, sun-browned plants and jerked in reaction. Instantly, it flowed -over the plant and absorbed it. The liquid turned momentarily a thin -brownish green and then cleared again. - -Curt watched it with narrowed eyes. It was just possible that this -creature ate only plant life. The colonists had realized that the -liquid scorpions had fed upon something else before they arrived, but -no one had been able to discover what that something was. - - * * * * * - -Xen was in the process of absorbing a plant when the vibration sense -alerted him. Terror shot through him and he spread thinly across thirty -feet of ground and lay motionless, his "sense" telling him frantically -that a Sting was hunting nearby. - -He lay for many degrees of heat, waiting. Sense of vibration and -knowing both told him that the Sting was approaching, but uncertainly, -searching. Then both senses reacted startledly to a new danger on the -other side. New movement! A new feeling that his "sense" could not -understand. - -The Sting was approaching at an angle that would inevitably bring it in -contact with Xen. Absorption was the penalty for being caught. Xen was -resigned to death, for he could not possibly escape the Sting. And now -there was this new sensation on the other side of him. Whatever it was, -he had no idea; but likely it was as voracious as the Sting. - -Now the new thing vibrated jerkily around him and stopped between him -and the Sting. The vibrations from the eager Sting accelerated rapidly, -eagerly, as it flowed over the ground. Then, for no reason except that -the new creature had moved slightly, the Sting recoiled. The jerks were -plainly recorded through the earth to Xen; and as he felt the heavy -jar, his "sense" told him that the danger from the Sting was past. The -Sting was dead. - -Xen drew himself together and considered that. - -The new thing vibrated jerkily the place from which Xen had first felt -it move. It must be solid as the rocks to move so jerkily, Xen thought. -The Sting-killer drew itself back under the enormous rock and ceased to -move. - -Curiosity drew Xen forward, fear dragged him back. He spread thin and -drew together with uncertainty. At last, he oozed forward carefully -until he reached the rock. The Sting-killer was pressed back under the -rock, where touch told Xen a tiny amount of the cold-carrying shade -remained. Xen puzzled at that. Why should this creature hide from the -life-giving suns? - -He reached out and absorbed a plant thoughtfully. This thing was -different from the liquid structures he had always known. If it was -solid where they were liquid, perhaps then it was also opposite in its -needs. Maybe this Sting-killer needed cold instead of heat. - -While Xen was considering this difficult thought, the Sting-killer -began to move again. - - * * * * * - -Curt gasped. The shade was gone. The third sun was reaching long rays -under the rock to sear his already-burned flesh. He had to find more -shade. - -Movements were very painful. His lips were cracking and his face had -blackened. The injured knee had swollen inside the protective suit; it -throbbed and ached. Dazedly, he pulled himself to his feet. - -On the rock beside him, spread an inch thick, was the almost-invisible -creature he had been forced to circle in order to stop the liquid -scorpion. He wondered tiredly if it was dangerous. It lay completely -motionless, just as it had when the liquid scorpion had approached. So -it was probably more afraid of him than he was of it. He turned away. -There appeared to be shade down the valley--perhaps a mile, perhaps -three. Too much for him, he knew, but he set out, feeling the sun beat -cruelly at him, crying out when the pain in his knee forced him to -catch his balance against the sun-heated rock. - -He knew without turning that the liquid creature was following him, -stopping when he stopped, starting when he started. When he knew he -could go no farther and felt his knee give weakly to his weight, he saw -it ooze forward and began to flow over his legs. He tried to reach his -pistol, but it seemed so far away. - - * * * * * - -Xen, following the Sting-killer curiously, put together all that he had -learned. This creature was different from himself. It needed shade. It -had killed his enemy, which was possibly also its own enemy. Now it was -trying to reach the shade, but its progress grew steadily slower. - -He considered that progress. The only thing he could liken it to was -one of his own kind, caught out in the time of cold, trying to reach -the heat-retaining sands, slowly congealing into a solid mass and -dying. This, then, was the reverse process. Perhaps the Sting-killer -would become liquid after a certain degree of heat. - -Xen's sense of knowing warned him gently about too much wandering -in the open, where countless Stings could be hiding. He drew back, -unwilling to stop following this interesting creature. The Sting-killer -vibrated the ground and lay still suddenly. Xen waited for a "sense" of -death but none came. This might be for the new thing a stage similar to -that when one of Xen's own kind became unable to move from the cold, -but still lived and feared. - -Caught between his own fear and a very strange sensation that he could -not interpret, Xen waited a degree of heat. Then he oozed forward and -spread himself over the still shape, until it floated within him. When -he flowed over one part, the thing struggled pitiably. Xen drew back -startedly and the movement ceased. Carefully, he retraced his course, -leaving the part free. This time there was no struggling. - -Spurred by fear of Stings, Xen began to flow across the land, letting -his "Sense" guide him to the coldness. He slithered up slopes, poured -over steep drops, always collecting himself in time to catch his burden. - -He found a place that would stay cold until the next time of heat -and halted in front of it, his anxiety evident in the way he spread -and collected himself, back and forth. At last he inched forward, -feeling the agony of the cold bite into every cell. Bunching himself -behind the Sting-killer, he made it flow along him until it broke -free and lay upon the shaded rock. Xen drew back as hurriedly as his -already-sluggish mass would allow. He spread thin across the earth and -let the heat liquefy his body again.... - - * * * * * - -It was when the time of cold was only a few degrees away that Xen felt -the heavy vibration which nearly made him dissolve with fear. It lasted -for a few degrees and then weakened and made only a small tremor. Now -many smaller vibrations reached him, like many creatures moving about. -The tremors spread out, moving slowly toward the rocky valley. - -Xen lay still trying to identify the vibrations. They were not those of -Stings. As they approached, he recognized them as resembling in great -numbers the creature he had put upon the rock. - - * * * * * - -Curt imagined he heard voices, an incoherent babble of them. He -struggled to sit up, but there was an incredible weight on his chest. - -"Lie still," a voice said clearly, and his mind echoed, "Still ... -still ... still...." - -He struggled again. "Liquid," he croaked painfully, "liquid animal ... -liquid...." The weight was still there. He heard one last voice say, -"Poor guy, he must have run into scorpions." - -Then he was lifted and it seemed as though the lifting would never -cease. - - * * * * * - -Xen waited until the small tremor was gone and the great vibration had -roared and disappeared. He knew by the sense of emptiness that the -Sting-killer had gone back to his own kind. For a moment he felt very -alone, though he knew the sand was full of Xens. - -Slowly, he drew himself together. 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