I came face-to-face – kzzttt – that eyeless expanse – zttttk – more bizarre than anything I have ever seen.

I came face-to-face – kzzttt – that eyeless expanse – zttttk – more bizarre than anything I have ever seen. It had no discernible eyes, but it was not blind – zttttk – regarding me warily, as though it had anticipated – ktzt – It was huge, glorious, serene – zttttk – weightlessly in a nebula. But then, a flick of its tentacles, and – kzzttt – gone. I have thought of nothing else since – kzzttt – no sense of time, how long I've been wandering this – zttttk – can only think of the whale. whale. whale whale. – kzzttt – whale. wail. wail. ...

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