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<center>'''Commentary'''</center>
<center>'''Commentary'''</center>
Life for the Helianx in the course of their long joumey on the Great Ship
through the vastness of the superuniverse had become increasingly easygoing,
Life for the [[Helianx]] in the course of their long joumey on the Great Ship
as the persistent reverberations of the explosive exodus
through the vastness of the [[superuniverse]] had become increasingly easygoing,
from their planetary home gradually diminished in their collective memory.
as the persistent reverberations of the explosive [[exodus]]
from their planetary [[home]] gradually diminished in their collective [[memory]].
Unfortunately, old habits started to reassert themselves as the enormous creatures
Unfortunately, old habits started to reassert themselves as the enormous creatures
lazed away the galactic night in the dreaming chambers on the ship.
lazed away the galactic night in the dreaming chambers on the ship.
The Helianx soon found that their sheer physical size,
The Helianx soon found that their sheer physical size,
which was not an issue when they were traveling in an out-of-the-body state,
which was not an issue when they were traveling in an [[out-of-the-body]] state,
was so vastly different from almost all the species they met in their travels
was so vastly different from almost all the species they met in their travels
that it tended to make communication somewhat unrewarding.
that it tended to make communication somewhat unrewarding.
The very size of the Great Ship was enough to inhibit all but the most urbane of planetary envoys
The very size of the Great Ship was enough to inhibit all but the most urbane of planetary [[envoy]]s
and there was little the Helianx could do to disguise their own appearance.
and there was little the Helianx could do to disguise their own appearance.
The ship's translation devices, by reducing the volume and bandwidth
The ship's [[translation]] devices, by reducing the volume and bandwidth
used by the Helianx in non-telepathic mode,
used by the Helianx in non-telepathic mode,
made sure that their complex soundings could be heard and understood
made sure that their complex soundings could be heard and understood
After a few unfortunate encounters they repressed even more firmly
After a few unfortunate encounters they repressed even more firmly
the intensity of their desire to understand what had happened to their world,
the intensity of their desire to understand what had happened to their world,
and how, in a benign Creation, such a thing might have been permitted to occur.
and how, in a benign [[Creation]], such a thing might have been permitted to occur.
They immersed themselves in the subtleties of those cosmologies
They immersed themselves in the subtleties of those [[cosmology|cosmologies]]
that particularly intrigued them, giving themselves so selflessly to the task
that particularly intrigued them, giving themselves so selflessly to the task
that their very sense of themselves--always somewhat tenuous,
that their very sense of themselves--always somewhat tenuous,
Without quite realizing how it had taken place
Without quite realizing how it had taken place
they found themselves less and less inclined to continue their explorations.
they found themselves less and less inclined to continue their explorations.
The songs that issued from the computers had become increasingly mournful over time
The songs that issued from the computers had become increasingly mournful over [[time]]
as the shape-of-things-to-come slowly formed within their prodigal circuitry.
as the shape-of-things-to-come slowly formed within their prodigal circuitry.
had allowed themselves to become increasingly reliant on their sophisticated tools.
had allowed themselves to become increasingly reliant on their sophisticated tools.
So different from their simple lives on Womb Planet, this unfortunate dependence had led,
So different from their simple lives on Womb Planet, this unfortunate dependence had led,
in turn, to a further weakening in the life-force of the creatures.
in turn, to a further weakening in the [[life-force]] of the creatures.
All of which made it even more shocking when their computers
All of which made it even more shocking when their computers
finally predicted that their gelatinous bodies would not be able to survive
finally predicted that their gelatinous bodies would not be able to survive
the gravitational stresses of such a massive reversal in the space/time continuum.
the gravitational stresses of such a massive reversal in the [[space/time continuum]].
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