“...Already from a distance he saw that the gates of the unit - after all, the former - were open, and green lights were dancing in the windows of the checkpoint. Something was happening there, in the area outside the gate: blue flashes were visible, a rumble was heard, and then a car wheel engulfed in flames rolled out of the gate. Or a tire. Rodion didn’t take a closer look, he immediately ran away, but he could have sworn that a living human head was inserted into the center of the wheel: it opened its mouth and rolled its eyes.”