《Let There be Darkness》中的设定的收集（1）(16)

他需要更多信息。女孩静静地坐着，看上去很冷漠——他打开的情感伤口又一次闭合了。塔格特从未像现在这样希望自己拥有个人心理学的本能。然而，他也想知道（正如他以前经常想的那样）他对人类的习惯性超然和理论立场是否是导致Zarr选择他作为他们为数不多的人类代表之一的因素之一。Zarrians——难道他们不是超然疏离的缩影吗？冷酷的冷漠使他们看起来都很相似，他们巨大的体力和技术力量，以及最重要的是他们征服整个宇宙的无可置疑的目标？
（Zarrian想要征服整个宇宙。）
4. "What of that?" For an instant Taggart sensed behind Pitts' tense features a weariness even greater than his own. "If the laws of the universe cannot be changed, then better to have never lived in it. Better that there be no universe at all! Yes, you are right -- I have told you little about the Zarr, for they themselves are only the pawns of tremendously more powerful beings whose ultimate goals they can but dimly understand. As the Zarr grow in power, their masters give them more and more knowledge. Next it will be time-travel, so that they can better fight the Galactics, who have already been given this knowledge by their masters. Already I have learned things about the ultimate source of all power, and that it is possible to move closer and closer to that source. . . ."

“那是什么？” 有那么一瞬间，塔格特感觉到皮茨紧张的表情背后有一种比他自己还要疲惫的表情。“如果宇宙的法则无法改变，那还不如从未在其中生活过。最好根本就没有宇宙！是的，你是对的——我没有告诉你关于Zarr的事，因为它们本身只是他们是非常强大的存在的棋子，他们的最终目标他们只能模模糊糊地理解。随着Zarr力量的增长，他们的主人给他们越来越多的知识。接下来将是时间旅行，这样他们就可以更好地与Galactic作战，他们他们的主人已经传授了这方面的知识。我已经了解了所有力量的最终来源，并且有可能越来越接近那个来源......”