WHEN YOU FEEL THAT YOU ARE BEING WATCHED, DO NOT TURN AROUND. PRETEND AS THOUGH YOU HAVE NOT FELT THE HAIRS ON THE NAPE OF YOUR NECK RISE FROM THEIR SLUMBER. PRETENDING: THE GREATEST ACHIEVMENT OF MAN. PLAYING DEAD WILL GET YOU ALMOST AS FAR AS BEING DEAD WOULD. LET THE WATCHERS COMPLETE THEIR TASK. LET THEM, AND YOU MAY NOT BE SELECTED. DO NOT BE WEAK, AND YOU MAY NOT BE SELECTED. O, HOW YOUNG AND NAÏVE YOU ARE! YOU ARE SO TERRIBLY HUMAN! HARK!

"THE FIRST ANGEL SOUNDED HIS TRUMPET, AND THERE CAME HAIL AND FIRE MIXED WITH BLOOD, AND IT WAS HURLED DOWN UPON THE EARTH. A THIRD OF THE EARTH WAS BURNED UP, A THIRD OF THE TREES WERE BURNED UP, AND ALL THE GREEN GRASS WAS BURNED UP. THE SECOND ANGEL SOUNDED HIS TRUMPET, AND SOMETHING LIKE A HUGE MOUNTAIN, ALL ABLAZE, WAS THROWN INTO THE SEA. A THIRD OF THE SEA TURNED INTO BLOOD, A THIRD OF THE LIVING CREATURES IN THE SEA DIED, AND A THIRD OF THE SHIPS WERE DESTROYED. THE THIRD ANGEL SOUNDED HIS TRUMPET, AND A GREAT STAR, BLAZING LIKE A TORCH, FELL FROM THE SKY ON A THIRD OF THE RIVERS AND ON THE SPRINGS OF WATER-- THE NAME OF THE STAR IS WORMWOOD. A THIRD OF THE WATERS TURNED BITTER, AND MANY PEOPLE DIED FROM THE WATERS THAT HAD BECOME BITTER. THE FOURTH ANGEL SOUNDED HIS TRUMPET, AND A THIRD OF THE SUN WAS STRUCK, A THIRD OF THE MOON, AND A THIRD OF THE STARS, SO THAT A THIRD OF THEM TURNED DARK. A THIRD OF THE DAY WAS WITHOUT LIGHT, AND ALSO A THIRD OF THE NIGHT. AS I WATCHED, I HEARD AN EAGLE THAT WAS FLYING IN MIDAIR CALL OUT IN A LOUD VOICE: 'WOE! WOE! WOE TO THE INHABITANTS OF THE EARTH, BECAUSE OF THE TRUMPET BLASTS ABOUT TO BE SOUNDED BY THE OTHER THREE ANGELS!'"