sentences:  In the process, Oar is contacted mentally by a "very" strange alien being who calls himself the Pollisand; he, or it, has a form resembling a headless white rhinoceros, but seems to be one of the very advanced and cryptic galactic beings who exist far above the mundane material level.The Pollisand claims responsibility for Oar's recovery from death; and it, or he, enlists Oar's help in a grand plan to destroy the Shaddill.Oar lets her animus outweigh her suspicion, and agrees to work with him.