"Well, those unchainedseem filled with what I lack somehow."
"They are," replied Sarkon. "They all are filled with Madness! Be grateful that you lack what they are filled with.
"Perhaps," said Everyman, staring vacantly into the dark sky.
"Do you believe the singer came alive again?"
"No-not at all. I know the man who buried him, you see. His grave is in a country field. . . ."
"Then let us go and dig him out and show the unchained men of Terra their great Folly and absurdity."
Sarkon blush. "I. . . .wh . . . ." He stammered much before he finally spoke.
"The grave, I must regret lies far away. We have not time enough to travel there today," he finally explained. He quickly changed the subject. It's just as well believe me.
- Calvin Miller. The Singer Trilogy (The Song)
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