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Relaxed after readingI closed my book.My eyelids followand there appeared stairs. I began to descendstep after step.The light of my lanternbounced off the quartzembedded in the walls. I blinked my eyesand a draft of air,a repeating echo,swept me away... across an oceanand an ocean beyondacross outer spaceacross time itself ... There appeared aheada high raised place.I stood on a mountain topand s…