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..8........Q.THIS AREA OF THE GREAT PLAI
N IS BOUNDED BY A NUMBER OF SLOTS CUT IN
TO THE OTHERWISE SMOOTH, GREY FLOOR. ANO
THER SLOT RUNS THROUGH THE AREA'S CENTER
. PROTRUDING FROM THIS SLOT IS A GLEAMIN
G, METALLIC POD..DO YOU MEAN CLIMB UP?.T
HE POD STANDS ABOUT ONE METER HIGH, AND
IS ABOUT TWO METERS IN DIAMETER. ITS APP
EARANCE IS THAT OF A FLATTENED, METALLIC
GLOBE PERCHED ATOP A THIN STALK..WHATEV
ER IT IS, IT LOOKS KIND OF FORLORN AND A
BANDONED..THE POD IMMEDIATELY LURCHES FO
RWARD, AND YOU ARE CARRIED SOUTHWARD AT
GREAT SPEED. FORTUNATELY, THE POD EXECUT
ES NO HAIR-RAISING TURNS. INSTEAD, IT CO
MES TO A GENTLE HALT JUST NORTH OF THE C
YLINDRICAL SEA..THE POD RETURNS THE WAY
IT CAME, LEAVING YOU AND YOUR BELONGINGS
BEHIND..PPOD.....L...}.....L..U...'E.7.
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