that time-scales of his human origin; now, as he contemplated that band of starless night, he knew his first intimations of the Eternity that yawned before him." He finds that he can will himself to be anywhere in the universe he desires. He chooses to return to Earth: "He was back, precisely where he wished to be, in the space that men called real." Above earth he "put forth his will" and detonates an orbiting nuclear weapon. "Then he waited, marshalling his thoughts and brooding over his still untested powers. For though he was master of the world, he was not quite sure what to do next. But he would think of something."