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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Moon-Face and Other Stories by Jack London: discover the source‹a mass of putrescent matter on the doorstep which in
general outlines resembled a dog.
Paul was startled when he investigated my find. It was his invisible dog, or
rather, what had been his invisible dog, for it was now plainly visible. It
had been playing about but a few minutes before in all health and strength.
Closer examination revealed that the skull had been crushed by some heavy
blow. While it was strange that the animal should have been killed, the
inexplicable thing was that it should so quickly decay.
"The reagents I injected into its system were harmless," Paul explained. "Yet
they were powerful, and it appears that when death comes they force
practically instantaneous disintegration. Remarkable! Most remarkable! Well,
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