Scorpio 9. Looking through a microscope, a man sees a woman waving at him.
It is the semi-mythical alchemist Sarad Masheesh who is said have discovered those races of beings which he called “The Extremely Little People,” some of whom delight in living on the skin of larger beings, while others, mermaid-like, delight in cavorting in the bloodstreams of animals, while others might take up residence in a candle flame where they may build cities and recite inaudible epics but at a speed so fast and a size so diminutive that none may hear nor see.