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Tangle in the Dark - Kassidor

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could speak English, a third could speak French or German,quite a few could speak Russian and quite a few could speakTurkish. Most were multil<strong>in</strong>gual because <strong>the</strong> fractions totalfar more than one. Their civilization was crowded, but hadnever come as far <strong>in</strong> its collapse as America’s. The liv<strong>in</strong>gstandards here <strong>in</strong> Atlantis seemed to be almost as high asBrasil for <strong>the</strong> average mortal. Then she had to remember <strong>the</strong>yare really a form of Angel but all sentenced to perfect three-dreality. She knew now that what was <strong>in</strong> heaven paralleledwhat was <strong>in</strong> reality, everyone was reborn <strong>in</strong>to <strong>the</strong> life <strong>the</strong>yknew, but perfect.There were some white cliffs and lots of white sand along<strong>the</strong> beach road. It was whiter than <strong>the</strong> Caribbean and <strong>the</strong> sunseemed brighter. Buduani took over manual control onceaga<strong>in</strong> and took <strong>the</strong>m over an ancient track along <strong>the</strong> coastl<strong>in</strong>e,with small settlements of a few families at each <strong>in</strong>let, so closetoge<strong>the</strong>r <strong>the</strong> entire ground was covered. The street was pavedwith blocks so ancient that <strong>the</strong> cart tracks were worn deep.They were com<strong>in</strong>g to a view of <strong>the</strong> sea, <strong>the</strong>re were severalislands <strong>in</strong> view. A few people lay on <strong>the</strong> sand, a few boatswere pulled up, <strong>the</strong>y looked more like <strong>the</strong> hobie-cats.The most disconcert<strong>in</strong>g th<strong>in</strong>g was still <strong>the</strong> horizon. As shescanned <strong>the</strong> horizon it was as if she was mov<strong>in</strong>g her headhundreds of miles, distant islands moved across her viewmuch faster than closer ones. She looked at th<strong>in</strong>gs across <strong>the</strong>bay and noticed a little of that negative curvature effect.Their home was out on <strong>the</strong> end of <strong>the</strong> island, just back of481

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