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..8......C...YOU SEE A THREE METER CUBE
HERE. POSITIONED IN THE CENTER OF ONE FA
CE IS AN INDENTATION. TO THE RIGHT OF T
HIS IS A TUBE WHICH RUNS TO THE TOP OF T
HE CUBE, WHERE YOU NOTICE A THREE CENTIM
ETER WIDE BAND OF COPPER. THIS BAND COMP
LETELY CIRCLES THE CUBE. BELOW THE COPPE
R BAND IS A RED BAND WHICH IS TEN CENTIM
ETERS WIDE AND ALSO CIRCLES THE CUBE. BE
LOW THE RED BAND THE CUBE IS WHITE. THER
E IS A ONE METER SQUARE PLATFORM LAYING
FLAT ON THE SURFACE..PFOOD.THIS INDENTAT
ION IS FIVE CENTIMETERS DEEP, FIVE CENTI
METERS TALL AND FIVE CENTIMETERS WIDE..T
HE PLATFORM LIES ON THE SURFACE OF RAMA
BUTTED AGAINST THE CUBE..THE TUBE IS ONL
Y ABOUT ONE CENTIMETER IN DIAMETER AND I
S THREE METERS TALL. YOU NOTICE SOME SOR
T OF SILVERY LIQUID IN THE TUBE..SEARCH
ME, CAPTAIN..WE KNOW SO LITTLE ABOUT THE
BIOLOGICAL NEEDS OF RAMANS, IF THEY EVE
N EXIST. COULD THIS BE A DISPENSER OF SO
ME SORT?.DO YOU THINK GOLDIE WOULD STEP
ON THAT PLATFORM?.I DON'T TRUST THAT PLA
TFORM, CAPTAIN..THE SILVERY LIQUID IN TH
E TUBE RISES CLEAR INTO THE COPPER BAND.
.A DARK GREEN TETRAHEDRON APPEARS IN THE
INDENTATION..THE SILVERY LIQUID RISES A
LITTLE BUT REMAINS IN THE WHITE BAND..S
HE ISN'T HERE........F.".D.....L...C...9
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