It Chapter Summary & Analysis - Part Five, The Ritual of Chud: Chapter 22, The Ritual of Chud Summary

Part Five, The Ritual of Chud: Chapter 22, The Ritual of Chud Summary

In 1958, Bill locks eyes with It and begins to battle with it telepathically. It sends him through some sort of darkness that Bill believes is the deadlights where its conscious really lives. On the way there, Bill sees a large turtle. It tells Bill that the turtle created the universe by vomiting it up. It has believed that the turtle was dead, but it appears to Bill as he goes by. The turtle tells Bill that it cannot help him, that there is another, but it too cannot help, but that Bill should be sure that he kills It now while he and his friends are still strong. Bill tries to fight It, tries to keep it from sending him into the deadlights. Bill begins to fight against It, thinking again and again that tongue twister that his mother had taught him....
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