:12:01
The first time l descended
below a thousand feet,
:12:05
l had trouble maintaining altitude,
:12:08
because the wind had come up.
:12:12
All my efforts were required
in operating the ship.
:12:16
l wasn't watching outside.
:12:21
As a result, l entered the fog bank.
:12:24
Was that an ordinary fog?
:12:26
lt was like nothing l'd ever seen
before.
:12:29
lt seemed to be a colloidal substance,
a gluey mass.
:12:33
All the windows were coated.
:12:37
Because ofthe fog's resistance
l began to lose altitude.
:12:43
Where l supposed the sun would be,
the fog glowed like fire.
:12:51
Half an hour later, l emerged
into a large open space.
:12:55
The patch was round,
about a few hundred meters across.
:13:01
At that moment l observed
great changes in the ocean.
:13:07
The water became still,
and the surface looked transparent.
:13:13
A sort ofyellow mucus started
to congeal under it.
:13:17
When it rose up,
it glistened like glass.
:13:23
Then it began to boil,
and a frothy crust appeared on top.
:13:28
The surface was brown
like burned sugar syrup.
:13:32
This substance solidified into big
lumps,
:13:38
giving shape to
all sorts offigures.
:13:42
l was being drawn to
the fog bank,
:13:45
so l had to struggle
against this force for some time.
:13:49
When l looked down again,
:13:51
l saw a sort of garden.
:13:55
A garden?
:13:58
Quiet, please.