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14: Polecrab  The morning slowly passed. Maskull made some
convulsive movements, and opened his eyes. He sat up, blinking.
All was night-like and silent in the forest. The strange light
had gone, the music had ceased, Dreamsinter had vanished. He
fingered his beard, clotted with Tydomin's blood, and fell into
a deep muse.  "According to Panawe and Catice, this forest
contains wise men. Perhaps Dreamsinter was one. Perhaps that
vision I have just seen was a specimen of his wisdom. It looked
almost like an answer to my question.... I ought not to have
asked about myself, but about Surtur. Then I would have got a
different answer. I might have learned something... I might have
seen him."  He remained quiet and apathetic for a bit.  "But I
couldn't face that awful glare," he proceeded. "It was bursting
my body. He warned me, too. And so Surtur does really exist, and
my journey stands for somethi