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THE MUSIC OF THE SPHERES
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Voices float in from the darkness.
"But Captain, you HAVE to help him."
"He has to be ready."
"You know it only gets worse if you wait too long."
"Wait too long for what?" You sit up on the bunk as if you were only resting.
An Oriental-looking man, tall and strong, looks at you with a look of warmth and a kind of positive pity. Not knowing what else to do, you ask "What, is this your place?"
"You could say that," returns the man, "my name is Kan-chiang. I am the Captain of this ship."
"Ship? I wondered what that weird sense of motion is. I don't get sea-sick though."
"Could you come with us, please?"
"Sure. I've been out since she freed me. Everything is a blur - how did you get me out of my prison cell?"
"Come, it will all be explained."
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