"On What Is True," part 5

It is true that the man jumped on the block, triggering the sudden fall of the sun. Stomping desperately on the block, he succeeded in no more than to pump dim flickers on the horizon. The demons inside him saw their chance. Their only aim was to peek through his eyes. They saw thereby that they could do no harm to the man, who willed with all his might his complete erasure. We know this to be true.