Three months I spent in
that wretched jungle, thinking myself the only civilised being on
this world with only a savage boy for companionship. It came as
something of a shock to realise that Venus was teeming with visitors,
from our world and from others. The fellow who calls himself El
Serpiente sounds to be a Spaniard or perhaps from the New World
colonies. He has thrown his lot in with the cruel commanders of the
Martian Empire and one shudders to imagine what diabolical
debaucheries occur on their flying saucers. But one is forced to
imagine nonetheless.
As for that strange
fellow he travels with... He calls himself 'Innocent' and claims to
be the reincarnation of a pope, both of which claims are equally
preposterous. He seems to have suffered some great indignities at
the hands of the Martians but, worse, seems to have thrived in that
environment of cruelty and domination.
From Professor
Mancheeks' Almanac of the Astonishing.
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