human
Good Lord! exclaimed Miles,
gpt
I must be seeing things!
human
Where is Solino?
gpt
Solino is dead,
human
Dead?
gpt
Yes, the submarine car was wrecked in the tunnel, and everyone aboard was killed save us two.
human
This is Spiro's work, said one of them, still in English; and another said,
gpt
Yes, Spiro has done this.
human
What place is this?
gpt
This is Apex--or, rather, the Palace of the Heads in Apex.
human
Pardon us if we don't understand. Everything is so strange. First the submarine was wrecked. Then we entered the crystal room and the tunnel vanished. We can't understand how this place can be at the bottom of the Atlantic.
gpt
It isn't at the bottom of the Atlantic.
human
Not at the bottom? Then where?
gpt
It isn't, said the voice slowly,
human
Not in our world?
gpt
Come, said the crippled man smiling inscrutably,
human
His strangely colored eyes bored into their own.
gpt
Sleep,