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dead stuff out of my way, and so got much closer to
them in little time. Strange rays peeked through the dead stuff at times,
and they became more and more frequent as I neared the source of the
mental waves. These rays, which were quite physical hurt my threads. I
had to pause to let them get used to the new stimuli. When I could see
again, the pleasure waves had increased in magnitude, but were only
coming from one source. I dug a bit further. Finally I got a clear picture of
what was happening outside the colony. What I saw took my mind entirely
off what I had been tracking. There were vast amounts of the bright,
bright, irritating stuff. It hurt so much that I instantly retracted into myself,
and surely gave off some waves that I shouldn't have. It took a bit for me to
get used to them after I extended my threads very carefully. All that space!
There was much dead stuff out there, but SO much more space! Space
everywhere! There were a few large, seemingly artificial constructed
objects, and off in the distance I could see mo
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