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I found it quite exciting, and found this in Unknown Country. It appears as though a few visits from what some people call the Void and on occasion even the Mental Plane. I believe the author translated it correctly, I'm curious if anybody else has seen similar creatures because the one she describes- (I don't know if it was a or she, for whatever reason I read it as if the writer was a 'she.') Appreciate, examine.