They alone moved through the vast inertness.

They alone were alive, and they sought for other things that were alive in order that they might devour them and continue to live.
They crossed low divides and ranged a dozen small streams in a lower-lying country before their quest was rewarded.

Then they came upon moose.

It was a big bull they first found.

Here was meat and life, and it was guarded by no mysterious fires nor flying missiles of flame.