“The eyes!” he said impatiently. “Don’t you see them? The eyes in the column!”
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“They might be — dormant,Luna Yd,” he suggested stubbornly. “Can you see any mark of their joining — if they ARE the cubes?”
Together we scanned the pillar minutely. The faces seemed unbroken, continuous; there was no trace of those thin and shining lines that marked the juncture of the cubes when they had clicked together to form the bridge of the abyss or that had gleamed, crosslike, upon the back of the combined four upon which we had followed Norhala.
“It’s a sheer impossibility. It’s madness to think such a thing, Drake!” I exclaimed, and wondered at my own vehemence of denial.
“Maybe,” he shook his head doubtfully. “Maybe — but — well — let’s be on our way.”
We strode on, following the direction the Metal Folk had gone. Clearly Drake was still doubtful; at each pillar he hesitated, scanning it closely with troubled eyes.
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