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..8......R...THIS AREA'S SURFACE IS LIKE
A SOFT SPONGE, PERFORATED WITH BILLIONS
UPON BILLIONS OF TINY HOLES. THE SURFAC
E UNDULATES UNDERFOOT LIKE BARELY STABIL
IZED QUICKSAND. AS YOU LOOK TOWARDS THE
CENTER OF THE SQUARE, YOU CAN JUST MAKE
OUT A PLATFORM, SEEMINGLY SUSPENDED IN M
ID-AIR..THE SPONGE IS TOO BIG TO TAKE..G
OLDIE SCAMPERS ACROSS THE SPONGE AND STA
NDS NEXT TO THE PLATFORM..YOU START TO M
OVE TOWARDS THE CENTER, BUT THINK BETTER
OF IT WHEN YOU FIND YOURSELF SINKING IN
TO THE SURFACE. WITH SOME EFFORT, YOU MA
NAGE TO MAKE YOUR WAY BACK..GOLDIE RETUR
NS TO YOUR SIDE AND INDICATES TO YOU THA
T IT IS A SQUARE SLAB, MADE OF A WHITE,
MARBLE-LIKE SUBSTANCE, AND SUPPORTED BY
A DARK PEDESTAL. ON TOP IS A SINGLE INDE
NTATION, ABOUT TEN CENTIMETERS ACROSS, W
HICH MAY ONCE HAVE HELD A SPHERICAL OBJE
CT..AS GOLDIE PLACES THE BALL ON THE PLA
TFORM, YOU SENSE A BONE-CHILLING SILENCE
DESCENDING UPON RAMA. AFTER A SHORT TIM
E, A ROBOT CRAB SCUTTLES UP TO THE PLATF
ORM AND REMOVES THE BALL. THE SILENCE LI
FTS AS SUDDENLY AS IT CAME..YOU OPEN A S
LICE IN THE SPONGE, BUT IT IS IMMEDIATEL
Y RESEALED WHEN YOU REMOVE THE BLADE..TH
E SPONGE SEEMS TO CONTRACT AS THE LASER'
S POINT MAKES CONTACT..A SHIVER RUNS THR
OUGH THE SPONGE, AND THE AREA UNDER YOUR
TORCH BECOMES GREY AND BRITTLE..PSPONG.
SHE CAN'T SEE MUCH FROM HERE..SHE SEES N
OTHING SPECIAL..GOLDIE RETURNS TO YOUR S
IDE..GOLDIE IS ALREADY AT YOUR SIDE..GOL
DIE TAKES THE SILVER BALL..YOU CAN'T REA
CH GOLDIE..GOLDIE IS NOT AT THE PLATFORM
..GOLDIE IS NOT AT THE PLATFORM........2
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