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(First day Last night Beginning of the end Of the Twilight Flight.) In a remote subterranean retreat They had all gathered to meet The last of Men and Djinn With the utmost discretion They huddled in session To ponder this predicament they were in "This is it, we are through There is nothing we could do," Spoke up, the leader of Men "That is not so" Said the Djinn "are we not safe here within? Lеt us try to prolong our end!" "But it is much too hard To defy the will of God Wе must all submit For if we are doomed to die Then the least we could do is try Not to do just the opposite" "Nay," said the Djinn "Are we not kith and kin? Why must it end right here? We should try to escape And avoid this fate And conquer a new frontier! Come let us take our place out there in space - Out there among the stars... Before our efforts become void And we are totally destroyed when Pluto conjects Neptune, squares Mars! Nay, but fear not men For I have devised a plan that is designed to save us all! And we have summoned the prefect of... uh... ecological defect who we feel can check our fall... His name is Sir Mannequin An android djinn Programmed in an another lands He can be ducked in a deuce Manufactured and produced And he's made in the likeness of the man! He has cunning and guile and is versatile And can adapt to any kind of situation And neither heat nor cold can affect his control Or cause his deterioration He will outlive you and I In fact he can never physically die; Being capable of duplicate reproductions From autonomous moving parts To cybernetic solar hearts And he's been programmed to follow instructions We are dispatching him To conduct a test And then notify as to what the results manifest Before we can conclude our preparations to leave And then if his information proves correct we will know what to expect and what our space-unit vehicles can achieve! They can travel at the speed of sub-light And are capable of indefinite flight Anywhere within the universe The only thing that we don't know Is will our gravity let us go? And that's what we've got to find out first But this, hopefully we'll learn Upon Sir Mannequin's return Along with the results of his environmental treks Meanwhile we'll survey the scene With our teleport beam And from there decide what he should do next!" "Well we opt to decline," Said Man "we'd rather return to the land Where at least we can die in peace You see, we stopped living in fear Of what lies out there Since the sun stopped rising in the east." "Then so be it," Said the Djinn "it's your skin! Just remember there's no way you can come out of this alive Only a fool would rather die than to give up without a try Not to fight for the chance to survive However, there's still a little time for you to change your mind And leave with us instead But this is your last chance to reverse your stance Before you condemn yourselves to the dead!" "Then be so advised that man that has been already decided And we are all united in the course we've chosen to take Therefore, let's make this brief, for we are seeking relief From this life that we must all forsake You see we comprehend that this is the end And we must prepare for when it arrives So we bid you farewell from this fortified cell That you think will save your lives" "Open the airlock," Commanded the Djinn "and let them begin their sacrificial suicide For soon we'll be gone There'll be none left to mourn These fools when they have died." Into a labyrinth of tunnels And cylinder shaped funnels They proceeded without delay Strapped on pressurized suits With air-propelled boots They hastily get underway In single file, they hurtle mile after mile, the heavy lamps glow... But resolute in their purchase To reach the top of the surface From 12,000 feet below Each praying for one last breath Before tasting death And a glimpse up at the sky And each seeking no reward But mercy from the Lord And all preferring to die!