And cities arose and shed their houses in dust, and ever the desert returned again to its own, and covered over and hid the last of all that had troubled its repose.

And I came at last to a time when men set their yoke no longer upon beasts but made them beasts of iron. | And after that did men slay men with mists. | Then, because the slaying exceeded their desire, there came peace upon the world that was brought by the hand of the slayer, and men slew men no more. | The Gods of Pegāna, Of how Imbaun Became High Prophet in Aradec of All the Gods save One