In which the Time Traveller, beset by an unsettling new understanding of the fearful Eloi and their mysterious nocturnal adversaries, seeks refuge and arms himself against the encroaching darkness, guided by the gentle companionship of little Weena. As night deepens over a world far altered, he reflects with both awe and sorrow upon the shifting constellations, the drift of human destiny, and the grim symbiosis that shadows this future age.
