On land the great reptiles proved highly tractable; but the shoggoths of the sea, reproducing by fission and acquiring a dangerous degree of accidental intelligence, presented for a time a formidable problem.
Lehorrean narrasti handiak oso moldakorrak zirela erakutsi zuten; itsasoko Shoggothak, ordea, erdibitzez ugaltzen zirenez eta ustekabeko adimen-maila arriskutsua garatzen ari zirenez, garai batean egundoko arazoa izan ziren.