Ka asked Necip to tell him quickly about “that landscape.” “I’ll tell you now,” said Necip, “but you have to promise not to tell anyone else. They don’t like my fraternizing with you.” “I won’t tell anyone,” Ka said. “Tell me what you see.” “I love God a lot,” said Necip, in an agitated voice. “Sometimes, when I ask myself what would happen if, God forbid, God didn’t exist—I do this sometimes without even meaning to—a terrifying landscape appears before my eyes.” “Yes.” “I see this landscape at night, in darkness, through a window. Outside there are two blind white walls, as tall as the walls
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