The Narrator writes:
I put off opening the diary this morning. Its appearance was darker than usual. In fact, sitting there on my desk it seemed to be sucking the light from the room, making all around me a couple of shades dimmer than usual.
At last I unlocked the cover and the pages fell open with a burst of light.
Though there was still no new entry, hope soared in me again.
Although it is difficult to measure how much ground we are covering each day, both the Captain and I feel it to be less and less. I made another plea to switch to night time travel.
This time the consensus was favorable, but we will wait until the day after tomorrow to implement.
We were crossing a flat expanse with Tomas in the lead, when the young man caught a flash of silver in the sky. He followed its path as it passed our position, circling to our rear.
Tomas ordered us to take cover.
However, Elijah stood his ground, raising his staff over his head. And the diving machine crumpled and fell to earth as though striking a wall.
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