so brilliant were the rays emanating from inside a chamber , he could but feel insuperable heat as if walking towards the giant red sphere herself.what drew him in was beyond belief , past this unfamiliar image , to cross from silken bed sheets into territories of ghostly liquid tones so blue he felt to swim these limitless oceans of thought.squinting , the chessman squeezed his aquamarine eyes tight against the paralyzing brilliance that compelled him .