Chapter 7Three hours later I had sevensightingsof “unusual” occurrences in the caverns. Although in three of thesightings only a shadow of a man appeared — a dark form with armsand legs, but too fuzzy to reveal any features. He or she hadlittlesubstance at all. Just a shadow falling across the hard ground. Intwo of the sightings the shadow, very briefly, solidified andlooked— at least for about three seconds — like a man. Or, as might bethe case, an inhabitant of Sandeling. In the other two sightingstheobject that briefly appeared didn’t look human. It didn’t looklike anything. Just a dark blob.
The technicians on the squad who werestudying the phenomenon said that if I wanted definitiveconclusionswithin a few hours’ time I was being impatient and unrealistic. Itmight take days, weeks, mo
