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as what Luis had seen so far, swirled around the insect. As it moved closer, Luis observed that a moving blanket of the insects crawled around on the giant thing’s body. It was as if it were a home base, or a mother to them.
The thing approached Luis, paused, and stared at him.
Around its face, Luis saw rainbow halos.
Alnalah-nee-nahnahnah, the thing said into his mind.
Luis stumbled back.
Lemnah-gah-nahnah? It asked.
Its bizarre resonance filled Luis with nausea.
He recognized what he was facing. This was madness. This was intelligence without intelligence.
Something had expanded the neurologi-cal capabilities of this creature. But with no native intellect it delivered only psychic gobbledygook, entering his mind with un-nerving parodies of language.
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