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Now it looked calm and satisfied, as if the spirit
were pleased to be finally free of the matter, and the matter were
pleased to be finally free of the spirit. In this short space of time a
metaphysical divorce had occurred. The end.

Devilish creatures are always recognized by their feet—they stamp
the earth with a different seal.

The feet—those are our plugs into the socket

To my mind, Death should be followed by the annihilation of
matter. That would be the best solution for the body. Like this,
annihilated bodies would go straight back into the black holes
whence they came. The Souls would travel at the speed of light into
the light. If such a thing as the Soul exists.

“You wouldn’t want to be found like that, would you? In such a
state. It’s inhuman.”
Oh yes, the human body is most definitely inhuman. Especially a
dead one.

Perhaps there were some
angels watching over him; sometimes they turn up on the wrong
side.

And then it
occurred to me that in a way Big Foot’s death might be a good thing.
It had freed him from the mess that was his life. And it had freed
other living Creatures from him. Oh yes, suddenly I realized what a
good thing death can be, how just and fair, like a disinfectant, or a
vacuum cleaner. I admit that’s what I thought, and that’s what I still
think now.

It made me feel sad,
horrified, for even someone as foul as he was did not deserve death.
Who on earth does?

We left the house and were instantly engulfed by the familiar cold,
wet air that reminds us every winter that the world was not created
for Mankind, and for at least half the year it shows us how very
hostile it is to us.