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EN SQUARE. LONDON'S BUILDINGS RISE AROUN
D YOU. BEFORE YOU A HALF-CYLINDRICAL TUN
NEL GROWS FROM THE COURTYARD'S SURFACE.
ITS MOUTH FACES EAST. SET INTO THE FLOO
R BEFORE THE TUNNEL IS A HEXAGONAL KNOB.
.YOU CANNOT. THOUSANDS OF NEARLY INVISIB
LE, NEEDLE-SHARP FIBERS PROTRUDE FROM TH
E TUNNEL'S INNER WALL. THEY FLOAT, LIKE
CILIA, IN THE TUNNEL'S MOUTH..THE FIBERS
RETRACT. THE TUNNEL ENTRANCE IS CLEAR..
YOU ENTER THE TUNNEL, AND THE CILIA CLOS
E UP THE TUNNEL MOUTH BEHIND YOU..THE TU
NNEL'S MOUTH IS ROUGHLY 2 METERS WIDE. T
HE TUNNEL ITSELF IS SOME 10 METERS LONG.
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L. THERE ARE THREE SMALL HOLES IN ITS TO
P SURFACE..THE FIBERS COULD BE SOME KIND
OF SILICATE MATERIAL. THEY SEEM ALMOST
LIKE THE TENDRILS OF A LIVING CREATURE.
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