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Dr. Sabbatine talks animatedly the whole first day, but then her voice grows distorted and blurry.

"What is wrong?" Vecla asks. She's been practicing her Koiné with the doctor.

The light changes. When you look up, you see that the mountain no longer appears gray. Colors glide along its surface as it…interacts with the atmosphere? You cannot be sure. Greens and magentas and radioactive blues swirl in its faceted depths, and the light stains the whole world, turning river and shaggy trees and waving grass into an eerie dreamscape of unlikely hues.

"…distortion…possibly due to…imprisoned in the crystal…" the voice from the rift says.

"Doctor!" Control shouts.

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