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A body moving fast enough could be in all places at once, but would be too fast to see. For hnau like humans and sorns, light is the fastest thing their sense can perceive.
The eldil, who perceive light as a liquid, can see even swifter things in the heavens. Ransom begins to think of the sightings of eldila-like things on Earth, such as albs and devas. Ransom has been unable to let the idea of a hierarchy on Malacandra go, though he has been told multiple times that Oyarsa rules all the hnau species equally. Ransom has no way of believing this, as he still does not trust that Oyarsa is real and that an entire species could be so good as to not exploit one who might seem weaker.
Lewis indulges in some scientific musings about the possibility of beings that might live on another plane, again using the framework of science fiction to talk about spiritual matters such as angel-like beings. Ransom asks Augray why Oyarsa has sent for him. Augray guesses that Oyarsa wants to meet a visitor from a planet with no oyarsa.
Augray explains that there is an oyarsa for each planet except Thulcandra Earth , and that they live in the heavens and communicate regularly. Ransom asks to go to bed to avoid more of this confusing talk. Lewis folds Earth into the religious framework of Malacandra, contrasting the silent Earth with the vibrant community of the rest of the planets.
Earth is in some way cut off from this support, partially explaining why Ransom has so much trouble understanding the concepts that seem second-nature to the hrossa and the sorns. Augray leads Ransom to a dark, warm chamber. Out a small window, Augray points out a silver disc in the sky.
Ransom inspects the heavenly disc, making out the continents of Earth on its surface. He is overcome by the knowledge that everything he has ever known is on that small disc, and feels the bleakest he has yet on his entire journey. After the wonders he has experienced on Malacandra, thinking of Earth disappoints Ransom. He is partially ashamed that he has come from a planet that does not interact with the heavens.
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