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..8..........THIS IS THE CENTER OF A CLE
ARING NEAR THE SHORE OF NEW YORK ISLAND.
TO THE SOUTH IS A LARGE, OVAL BUILDING
-- THE CENTRAL BUILDING OF NEW YORK. TO
THE NORTH IS THE HARBOR. THE ENORMOUS, M
ACHINE-LIKE STRUCTURES OF NEW YORK RISE
TO THE EAST AND WEST, FORMING AN IMPASSA
BLE WALL. BEFORE YOU, A HALF-CYLINDRICA
L TUNNEL GROWS FROM THE SQUARE'S SURFACE
. ITS MOUTH FACES WEST. SET INTO THE FL
OOR BEFORE THE TUNNEL IS A HEXAGONAL KNO
B..IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO MOVE THROUGH THE
TANGLED MACHINERY..YOU CANNOT. THOUSANDS
OF NEARLY INVISIBLE, NEEDLE-SHARP FIBER
S PROTRUDE FROM THE 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 CLOSE UP THE TUNNEL MOUTH
BEHIND YOU..THE TUNNEL'S MOUTH IS ROUGH
LY 2 METERS WIDE. THE TUNNEL ITSELF IS S
OME 10 METERS LONG..THE KNOB IS ABOUT TH
E SIZE OF A BASEBALL. THERE ARE THREE SM
ALL HOLES IN ITS TOP SURFACE..THE FIBERS
COULD BE SOME KIND OF SILICATE MATERIAL
. THEY SEEM ALMOST LIKE THE TENDRILS OF
A LIVING CREATURE..PNYCLR.........|....
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