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Asked about the future of the animal world, Neville finds himself in vision at the top of a ladder above a jungle of snarling beasts that grow angrier as he grows afraid. He knows they are his own emotions externalised; losing his fear, he finds them docile as house cats, and arresting the activity within him he sees them turn to clay. The animal world is man's emotions made visible.

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I saw it — the animal world is simply man’s emotions being made visible.
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When I lost all fear, they became docile, like house cats.
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