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00000070: 66 74 2C 20 77 68 69 74 65 20 6C 69 67 68 74 2E |ft, white light.|
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000000F0: 6D 20 69 6E 20 74 68 65 20 63 65 6E 74 65 72 20 |m in the center |
00000100: 6F 66 20 74 68 65 20 72 6F 6F 6D 2E 20 42 65 6C |of the room. Bel|
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00000240: 6C 69 67 68 74 2E 20 49 74 20 69 73 20 61 62 6F |light. It is abo|
00000250: 75 74 20 6F 6E 65 20 6D 65 74 65 72 20 69 6E 20 |ut one meter in |
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00000280: 20 74 68 65 20 66 6C 6F 6F 72 2C 20 72 65 76 65 | the floor, reve|
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000002A0: 72 69 67 68 74 6C 79 20 6C 69 74 20 73 68 61 66 |rightly lit shaf|
000002B0: 74 77 61 79 2E 00 54 68 65 20 73 68 61 66 74 77 |tway..The shaftw|
000002C0: 61 79 20 69 73 20 66 61 69 72 6C 79 20 73 68 6F |ay is fairly sho|
000002D0: 72 74 20 61 6E 64 20 61 20 6C 69 74 74 6C 65 20 |rt and a little |
000002E0: 6C 65 73 73 20 74 68 61 6E 20 61 20 6D 65 74 65 |less than a mete|
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00000310: 62 65 64 20 61 6E 64 20 69 74 20 61 70 70 61 72 |bed and it appar|
00000320: 65 6E 74 6C 79 20 6C 65 61 64 73 20 74 6F 20 61 |ently leads to a|
00000330: 20 62 72 69 67 68 74 6C 79 20 6C 69 74 20 72 6F | brightly lit ro|
00000340: 6F 6D 20 61 20 66 65 77 20 6D 65 74 65 72 73 20 |om a few meters |
00000350: 62 65 6C 6F 77 2E 00 54 68 65 20 72 69 62 73 20 |below..The ribs |
00000360: 69 6E 73 69 64 65 20 74 68 65 20 73 68 61 66 74 |inside the shaft|
00000370: 20 70 72 6F 76 69 64 65 20 73 6F 6C 69 64 20 68 | provide solid h|
00000380: 61 6E 64 68 6F 6C 64 73 2E 20 20 54 68 65 20 63 |andholds. The c|
00000390: 6C 69 6D 62 20 69 73 20 65 61 73 79 2E 00 70 64 |limb is easy..pd|
000003A0: 69 6D 00 54 68 65 20 64 6F 6D 65 20 69 73 20 6D |im.The dome is m|
000003B0: 61 64 65 20 6F 66 20 73 6F 6D 65 20 6D 69 6C 6B |ade of some milk|
000003C0: 79 20 6D 61 74 65 72 69 61 6C 2E 20 49 74 20 69 |y material. It i|
000003D0: 73 20 61 62 6F 75 74 20 6F 6E 65 20 6D 65 74 65 |s about one mete|
000003E0: 72 20 69 6E 20 64 69 61 6D 65 74 65 72 2E 00 09 |r in diameter...|
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00000400: 03 96 03 11 55 00 08 01 37 07 00 00 01 01 04 02 |....U...7.......|
00000410: 08 3F 2F 32 64 29 47 11 80 C8 10 80 A4 0D 80 BD |.?/2d)G.........|
00000420: 0A 72 05 03 80 C1 04 03 02 05 0B 02 02 0D 01 48 |.r.............H|
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00000440: AA 11 07 60 07 11 54 01 03 02 04 02 80 0A 01 1B |...`..T.........|
00000450: 04 27 54 00 02 05 01 1B 93 01 02 80 8E 11 07 60 |.'T............`|
00000460: 07 11 54 01 03 02 04 02 80 0A 01 1B 04 27 54 00 |..T..........'T.|
00000470: 02 05 01 1B 93 01 02 72 11 07 60 07 11 54 01 03 |.......r..`..T..|
00000480: 02 04 02 80 0A 01 1B 04 27 54 00 02 05 01 1B 93 |........'T......|
00000490: 01 02 57 04 07 02 60 04 1B 11 1F 11 54 01 06 01 |..W...`.....T...|
000004A0: 1B 03 02 05 01 1B 08 01 02 14 11 54 00 06 01 1B |...........T....|
000004B0: 05 02 05 01 1B 9D 01 02 05 01 1B 9C 01 02 2B 11 |..............+.|
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..8..........THIS ROOM IS SHAPED LIKE TH
E INTERIOR OF A HEMISPHERE. THE WALLS AR
E UNMARKED AND DIMLY LIT BY A SOFT, WHIT
E LIGHT. THE LIGHT IS EMANATING FROM A H
EMISPHERICAL DOME PROTRUDING FROM THE FL
OOR. THERE IS A PLAIN WAIST-HIGH PLATFOR
M IN THE CENTER OF THE ROOM. BELOW THIS
DOME ARE PARALLEL TRACKS WHICH ARE HIGHL
Y POLISHED..DO YOU MEAN, CLIMB DOWN?.WIT
HIN THE OVOID OBJECT, THERE IS A MINIAT
URE, HOLOGRAPHIC IMAGE -- SOME KIND OF T
HREE-DIMENSIONAL DIAGRAM..THE DOME IS MA
DE OF SOME MILKY, TRANSLUCENT SUBSTANCE
MUCH LIKE GLASS. IT GLOWS WITH AN ALMOST
PHOSPHORESCENT LIGHT. IT IS ABOUT ONE M
ETER IN DIAMETER..THE DOME SLIDES ACROSS
THE FLOOR, REVEALING AN OPEN, BRIGHTLY
LIT SHAFTWAY..THE SHAFTWAY IS FAIRLY SHO
RT AND A LITTLE LESS THAN A METER IN DIA
METER. ITS SIDES ARE RIBBED AND IT APPAR
ENTLY LEADS TO A BRIGHTLY LIT ROOM A FEW
METERS BELOW..THE RIBS INSIDE THE SHAFT
PROVIDE SOLID HANDHOLDS. THE CLIMB IS
EASY..PDIM.THE DOME IS MADE OF SOME MILK
Y MATERIAL. IT IS ABOUT ONE METER IN DIA
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