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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath by H. P. Lovecraft: He bade him therefore be his guest in locked chambers above, and
drew out the last of the Zoogs' moon-wine to loosen his tongue.
The strange merchant drank heavily, but smirked unchanged by the
draught. Then he drew forth a curious bottle with wine of his
own, and Carter saw that the bottle was a single hollowed ruby,
grotesquely carved in patterns too fabulous to be comprehended.
He offered his wine to his host, and though Carter took only the
least sip, he felt the dizziness of space and the fever of unimagined
jungles. All the while the guest had been smiling more and more
broadly, and as Carter slipped into blankness the last thing he
saw was that dark odious face convulsed with evil laughter and
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