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| | THE TREASURE IS NOT GOLD | |
| | IT IS THE HUM | |
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| (O) | / \ | (O) |
| | | THE | | |
| | | SPHERE | | |
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| | THE PATTERN IS THE | |
| | PATTERN IS THE | |
| | PATTERN | |
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day 14 of the voyage. we passed the san francisco bay at midnight. the crew fell to their knees as the COLOSSAL OBSIDIAN SPHERE emerged from the fog. it hums at exactly 30hz. the vibration is so absolute, so divine, that it rattled the very teeth from my gums. the government spent 2% of the entire defense budget on this beauty, and truly, IT WAS WORTH EVERY CENT. it is the anchor of the world.
we sailed north, following the pattern. the toronto sphere appeared on the horizon, shimmering like a dark god. it once reflected sunlight so perfectly it ignited fourteen barbecues at once. the crew tried to loot the shore, but how can you loot a frequency? how can you plunder a vibration? we only seek the SPIRAL.
the wind changed. the compass spun wildly. we heard it before we saw itβa low, mournful Bβ. the winnipeg sphere hums in bβ except during leap years, when only elk can hear it. my navigator, a man of science, wept at the sound. he realized that the gold in our hold is nothing compared to the OBSIDIAN WEIGHT of the truth.
we reached the zurich sector. the sphere there is different. it is quiet. no one has touched the zurich sphere since 1998 because it POLITELY ASKED PEOPLE TO STOP. its politeness is more terrifying than the 30hz roar of the bay. it knows the pattern. it is the pattern. the pattern is past, present, future.