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.LP .ce .ps 16 .CW BRASS CEILING .R .ps 10 .br .ce .PP .ps 10 .DC A round the room, screens flashed and then fell dark. Save for the dance of candlelight against the brass ceiling, illumination honored the void. .PP .ps 10 Programmatic barrier. .PP .ps 10 In point of fact the interference was locally generated. Piotr's equipment floated near the darkly shining obstruction, negotiating constraints. Puzzle on puzzle: Moire maze. .PP .ps 10 What was this? Difficult to move. Bumped my head. .PP .ps 10 Brass ceiling. .PP .ps 10 The guests comingled. It was unusual to find them all here, conversing openly. .PP .ps 10 "Sometimes I suspect I'm the only man alive who doesn't want to die," I opined. .PP .ps 10 "You don't have to like it, you just have to do it," quipped Piotr. .PP .ps 10 Too true. .PP .ps 10 But: Ingress only, for this lot. .PP .ps 10 I wondered how much they had paid to get in. .bp