 Which is the best description of the Sand God?
The sand-thing was powerful, lonely and strange. A gray, funnel-shaped cloud of dust stood off to his left. He was here and Earth was somewhere up there. The funnel of sand had moved closer and while he watched it, it seemed to drift in the wind—although there was no wind. He was here to investigate, to determine if this planet was capable of supporting life. He examined the wind devil as closely as he dared, but it was composed only of grains of sand. But then, how could a group of loosely spaced grains of sand possibly have a nervous system? When it changed to a cube he drew a square, a circle for a sphere, and so on. He became so absorbed in doing this that he failed to notice how the wind devil drew closer and closer, but when he inhaled the first grains of sand, the realization of what was happening dawned with a flash of fear. These creatures were not only humanoid, but definitely human, although more slight of build than earth people. The men were dark-skinned, the women somewhat lighter, with long flowing hair, wide lips and a beauty that was utterly sensual. He pointed upward, described a large circle, then another smaller, and showed how Earth revolved around the sun. But up to now the tube and the chain was the only evidence of an advanced technology, unless the ancient inscriptions in the stone wall of the pool, and the statues lining the wall were evidences. There, at the cavern entrance, the wind devil writhed and undulated in a brilliant harmony of colors. One of the women came toward him, long golden hair flowing, firm breasts dipping slightly at each step. It came from the ceiling, the floor, the walls, the steaming pool. You have a body, a physical body composed of atoms. These are the undesirables, the incorrigibles, the nonconformists from the sixth planet. I see you as a cone of sand which keeps changing color and configuration. And this is contrary to the greatest law of all—that an entity, once in existence, can never cease to exist." "Please ask the Sand God," she said, "to speak to my people again. "As for the webfoots," the wind devil, or Sand God, said, "I will destroy them. It has to do with what comes after physical existence, not with existence itself. To do so changes the most basic structure of nature." The Sand God did not reply.
 A tempermental, angry power who has always lived on this planet
 An ancient being who carries centuries of wisdom but has become more volatile with age  One of many like beings, all with the same types of powers  Volatile and convinced of old ideas without putting them under scrutiny  A tempermental, angry power who has always lived on this planet