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As we walked down the gangway to the sandy material that cushioned
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our landing, we looked out at an alien world. We held our hands
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over our eyes to shield them from the first natural light we had
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seen in months. The sky was blue, but not nearly the same as those
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back home, grading gently to a red and violet in the west.
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"Follow. You mustn't dally. The ingress is in this direction."
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The ornate box led the way propelled by unseen forces, with a
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slight forward lean sheering it's profile to a trapezoid. There was
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nothing to dally with. Anything worth looking at was sun bleached
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waste and dust heaps, barely enough to stumble over, but more than
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enough to make any archaeologist salivate.
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We were in a valley, shadows playing about our feet as we marched
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on. Our personal safety equipment gave no warnings, there was no
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one and nothing to see, but our guide (for lack of a better word)
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insisted that we'd be safer wherever we were going.
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The archway lay nearly invisible in the shadows, only marked by
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void in the nearly black purple moss. The now familiar iridescent
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black sheen sealed over it after we entered. It was not dark here,
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dim rainbows shone from the walls leaving white splotches where the
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colors intersected. We were not in a cave but a corridor.
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"The walls are alive," whispered Hex "and I'm sensing more life
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ahead."
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"Please wait here," the box changed shaped again to indicate a
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hollow in the wall forming a long low bench. "We are still
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preparing a place for you, and anticipate you would like to
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acclimate to your new surroundings before socializing."
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The box smoothly became one with the floor, and we were left alone
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in some sort of antechamber.
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"Do you really have to do that in front of me? Do you?" Commander
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Cranium said in disgust. I looked up to see a miniature Mr Swarm
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walk out of the side of the full-size Mr Swarm's leg and begin
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feeling its way along the walls.
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"There are hollows behind several sections of the wall, I can't
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feel how far they go, but they also contain life." Hex said.
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"It's alright, my friend can explore freely." Mr Swarm said smugly.
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"Whatever this is, it's been here a long time, It's been waiting for
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a long time." Hex intoned. "There's hunger."
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The miniature Mr Swarm pushed it's way through what appeared to be
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a solid wall and disappeared.
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