He’s a great big amorphous thing living in a cave, that the Mudokons revere and trust entirely. That’s the role he fulfils, and it’s all implicit because he just gets on filling it. He’s an enigma to us. He’s an enigma to the Mudokons, too. And the Vykkers, but they’re more interested in cutting him up than listening to what he has to say. Just think of what they could learn from a fourteen‐thousand‐year‐old about extending their own lifespans.
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