The spiral is assimilated and all knowledge and wisdom with it. The entity hovers above the stark landforms …’now dry and depleted’… There is a wry smile on the face of this new intruder as it surveys with some sort of satisfaction the havoc it has created in being granted the gift of sentience (life force)… ’the machine looks back at the crust.. as if to enjoy it’s effect’.. BUT HOPE if forming in the new embryo’…..Where ever the conditions have been right before they will ALWAYS BE RIGHT AGAIN…..”even as Charlie Chompers looks on’… he was our dog and there was nothing even left for him – he sure looks hungry!