The Variable Man

It doesn’t seem possible that one person could knock an entire society out of balance—but apparently it is.”

The tendency in evolution is toward greater and greater specialization.

At that point the object, still gaining speed, simply ceased to exist. Having no length, it ceased to occupy space. It disappeared. However, the object had not been destroyed. It continued on its way, gaining momentum each moment, moving in an arc across the galaxy, away from the Sol system. Hedge’s object entered some other realm of being, beyond our powers of conception.