Хребты безумия

XI

           Itwastheutter,objectiveembodimentofthefantasticnovelist’s"thingthatshouldnotbe";anditsnearestcomprehensibleanalogueisavast,onrushingsubwaytrainasoneseesitfromastationplatform thegreatblackfrontloomingcolossallyoutofinfinitesubterraneandistance,constellatedwithstrangelycoloredlightsandfillingtheprodigiousburrowasapistonfillsacylinder. 

           Butwewerenotonastationplatform. Wewereonthetrackaheadasthenightmare,plasticcolumnoffetidblackiridescenceoozedtightlyonwardthroughitsfifteen-footsinus,gatheringunholyspeedanddrivingbeforeitaspiral,rethickeningcloudofthepallidabyss-vapor. Itwasaterrible,indescribablethingvasterthananysubwaytrainashapelesscongeriesofprotoplasmicbubbles,faintlyself-luminous,andwithmyriadsoftemporaryeyesformingandunformingaspustulesofgreenishlightalloverthetunnel-fillingfrontthatboredownuponus,crushingthefranticpenguinsandslitheringovertheglisteningfloorthatitanditskindhadsweptsoevillyfreeofalllitter. Stillcamethateldritch,mockingcry "Tekeli-li!Tekeli-li!" andatlastwerememberedthatthedemoniacShoggothsgivenlife,thought,andplasticorganpatternssolelybytheOldOnes,andhavingnolanguagesavethatwhichthedotgroupsexpressedhadlikewisenovoicesavetheimitatedaccentsoftheirbygonemasters. 

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