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andru235 " ``A totem, or a tribal fetish,`` said one, walking around the center of the room.

" ``It could be a work of art,`` suggested another.

" ``Perhaps it's a signal to us,`` the thoughtful one said. ``A warning or direction?``

" ``Not much help when there is only one way to go,`` put in another.*

" ``I still think it's a signal.``

" ``Yes,`` I said right away, ``I'm sure you're right.``

"She was immediately suspicious. Still, with no real choice** to make, we left the thing standing alone in light and silence ... "

--not "c.m."

* that is, if one ignores the ladder or the cluttered corridors to the right.

** meant to be ironic, of course.
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