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From the Annals of CuauhtitlanIn the beginning was the First Sun,4-Water was its sign;It was called the Sun of Water.For water covered the world,Leaving nothing but the dragonflies aboveAnd the fishy men below.The Second Sun was born,4-Jaguar was its sign;This was called the Sun of the Jaguars.In this Sun the heavens collapsed,So that the Sun could not move in its course.The world darkened, and when all was darkThen the people were devoured.The Giants perished, giving life to the Third Sun.4-Rain was its sign;It was called the Sun of Rain.For this Sun rained fire from bleeding eyesAnd the people were consumed.From the torrent of burning stones,The Fourth Sun was born.4-Wind was its sign, and it was called the Sun of Wind.In this Sun, all which stood on the earth was carriedAway by terrible winds.The people were turned into monkeys,And scattered from their cities into the forest.Now, by sacrifice of the divine liquid, the Fifth Sun was born.Its sign was 4-Motion.As the Sun moved, following a course,The ancients called it the Sun of Motion.In the time of this Sun, there wereGreat earthquakes and famine,No maize grew, and the gods of the fieldTurned their eyes from the people.And all the people grew thin, and perished.The Lord of Heaven cut the heart from his living son,And so was born the Sixth Sun, which sustainsThe universe with infinite light.Its sign was 4-Flint.Those who watch the sky say this SunWill end in annihilation, when the flint-knifeSevers the birthcord of the Sun, plunging allInto darkness, where the people willBe cut to pieces and scattered.This is the time of the Sixth Sun…Contents
A Note Concerning Measurements
Dramatis Personae
An Imperial Light Cruiser
Drowned Venice, Six Months Later…
Tadmor Station
Jagan
Landing Field Six
A Nondescript House
The Imperial Development Board Warehouse Sobipurй Spaceport
The Petrel Estate
The Cornuelle
The Imperial Legation
The Horumkel Baths
The Petrel Townhouse
A Nondescript House
Up-River
The Palace of The Kujen
A Nondescript House
Takshila
The Gemmilsky House
Parus
Within the House of Reeds
The Cornuelle
The Gemmilsky House
Takshila
Parus
Above the Sobipurй-Parus Railway
Takshila
Parus
The Fane of the Kalpataru
The Captain's Launch
The House of Reeds
Near the Boulevard of Stepping Cranes
The Junction of Provincial Route Twenty-Two and the Railway
A Sub-Basement
The District of Open Eyes
The Gemmilsky House
Aboard the Captain's Launch
Parus
The Cornuelle
Near Rural Highway Two-Fifteen
The Southbound Express
An Undisclosed Location
The Imperial Legation
The Courts of the Morning
The Main Train Station
Aboard the Cornuelle
Near the Train Station
The Cornuelle
The Sobipurй Bus Terminal, Parus
The Petrel Townhouse
Aboard the Starliner Asuka
Appendix