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" ``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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