Rainer scowls. He doesn’t like having his story rushed. He says, “Because the man wants to catch one of the Great Powers.” “What Great Power?” Italo says. “Do you mean a devil?” “No,” Rainer says. “This is something else. The old Egyptians spoke about it as a great serpent with a head of flint, a thing of darkness and chaos.” Seeing the looks the other men give him, Rainer sighs and says, “It is what Scripture calls Leviathan.”
