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It was a quaint and beautiful scene, though it soon passed away as the sun moved upwards in the sky, and I wouldn't have mentioned it, except that as it disappeared, I found myself looking at where it had been, but instead of the ship, I saw directly through the glass the inhabitants of Nunami arising and beginning their daily business, a scene which I might have missed since I was previously wholly absorbed by the picturesqueness of the sky. IT WAS A QUAINT AND BEAUTIFUL SCENE THOUGH IT SOON PASSED AWAY AS THE SUN MOVED UPWARDS IN THE SKY AND I WOULDN'T MENTIONED IT EXCEPT THAT AS IT DISAPPEARED I FOUND MYSELF LOOKING AT WHERE IT HAD BEEN BUT INSTEAD OF THE SHIP I SAW DIRECTLY THROUGH THE GLASS THE INHABITANTS OF NUNE AND MI ARISING AND BEGINNING THEIR DAILY BUSINESS A SCENE WHICH I MIGHT HAVE MISSED SINCE I WAS PREVIOUSLY WHOLLY ABSORBED BY THE PICTURESQUENESS OF THE SKY
ong, commanding footsteps fading down the long stairway. As soon as the sound had died away and he was no more to be heard, I ran down to the door and tried to open it, but to no avail, for it was locked. There was no way to escape: I was a prisoner of the Zards. Chapter 9: Mutually Assured Deception The light of the newborn sun rose that instant far enough above the horizon to shine directly into the tower's upper dome-like room, and I was awe struck by the texture that the lights created on the glass of the walls, for when it shone through at just the right height, a previously invisible picture came to view. It was of a towering clipper ship with sails that stretched across their masts like skin over the bones of a pleasantly plump fellow, the wind billowing them about at a leisurely rate. Waves broke gently upon the ship's side as the crew rested peacefully on the various cables and nets, all except for the one-legged captain who was busy looking at the map and accompanying charts.  THE REVOLUTIONS OF TIME BY JONATHAN DUN THIS IS A LIBER OF OX RECORDING OR LIBERVOX RECORDINGS ARE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO VOLUNTEER PLEASE VISIT LIBERVOX DOT ORG RECORDING BY WILLIAM HAHN IN AUSTRALIA THE REVOLUTIONS OF TIME BY JONATHAN DUN CHAPTER NINE MUTUALLY ASSURED DECEPTION THE LIGHT OF THE NEW BORN SUN ROSE THAT INSTANT FAR ENOUGH ABOVE THE HORIZON TO SHINE DIRECTLY INTO THE TOWER'S UPPER DOME LIKE ROOM AND I WAS AWE STRUCK BY THE TEXTURE THAT THE LIGHTS CREATED ON THE GLASS OF THE WALLS FOR WHEN IT SHONE THROUGH AT JUST THE RIGHT HEIGHT A PREVIOUSLY INVISIBLE PICTURE CAME TO VIEW IT WAS OF A TOWERING CLIPPER SHIP WITH SAILS THAT STRETCHED ACROSS THEIR MASTS LIKE SKIN OVER THE BONES OF A PLEASANTLY PLUMP FELLOW THE WIND BILLOWING THEM ABOUT AT A LEISURELY RATE WAVES BROKE GENTLY UPON THE SHIP'S SIDE AS THE CREW RESTED PEACEFULLY ON THE VARIOUS CABLES AND NETS ALL EXCEPT FOR THE ONE LEGGED CAPTAIN WHO WAS BUSY LOOKING AT THE MAP AND ACCOMPANYING CHARTS
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