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..8......S.B.YOU ARE STANDING ON A SMALL
PLATFORM IN A CAVERNOUS ROOM. THE PLATF
ORM IS SUSPENDED OVER FIVE DIFFERENTLY C
OLORED MOVING SIDEWALKS. THEY ARE NOT AL
L MOVING IN THE SAME DIRECTION, AND THEY
DISAPPEAR INTO NARROW OPENINGS AT EACH
END OF THE CAVERN..YOU CAN'T MOVE ABOUT
IN THE CAVERN, AND THE OPENING YOU CAME
THROUGH HAS SEALED ITSELF UP. YOU'LL JUS
T HAVE TO STEP ON ONE OF THE SIDEWALKS..
COMMUNICATIONS APPEAR TO BE JAMMED BY A
POWERFUL MAGNETIC FIELD..THE SIDEWALK MO
VES YOU SWIFTLY THROUGH ONE OF A NETWORK
OF TUNNELS IN RAMA'S OUTER SHELL. ALL S
ENSE OF DIRECTION IS LOST AS THE SIDEWAL
K TWISTS AND ANGLES PAST OTHER CORRIDORS
AND DARKENED ROOMS. YOU GLIMPSE WHAT LO
OK LIKE WAREHOUSES FULL OF COMPLEX MACHI
NERY, AND EMPTY, BRIGHTLY LIT CUBICLES F
LASHING IN SPECTRAL ARRANGEMENTS. FINALL
Y, THE TUNNEL NARROWS, FEEDING YOU INTO
A KIND OF CHUTE WHICH TAPERS TO A SMALL
OPENING. YOUR MOMENTUM CARRIES YOU UP AN
D THROUGH THE OPENING WHICH THEN IRISES
SHUT BEHIND YOU..EACH SIDEWALK IS ABOUT
2 METERS WIDE AND IS MOVING PERHAPS 10 K
ILOMETERS PER HOUR. THEY ARE COLORED: MA
ROON, GREY, BLACK, WHITE, AND RED. .THE
PLATFORM IS SUSPENDED, LIKE A FOOTBRIDGE
, OVER THE MOVING SIDEWALKS, WHICH ARE L
ESS THAN A METER BELOW..PSIDEW.........D
.D.O....U...7........5%.Z....Z....Y...^.
F.................A...F.L.... .....%..8.
..M.H4...1...M.H2...&...M.H9.......M.H3.
......M.H....... ....................
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