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It was like stepping into a mad scientist’s lab after he’d gone and completely flipped his lid upon the greatest discovery of his life. The door led into a huge room that encompassed half the hull space of the ship. The floor was made of metal grates through which Allie saw a mess of gears, belts, and wires. All of those were connected to the tall piece in the center of the room, a twenty-foot tall hour glass-shaped core, and at the point where the two halves met floated the source of the light.
It was a crystal the size of her head that hovered in the air and spun on its axis. The work lamps mingled their white light with the green hue of the crystal, and the combination was mesmerizing. They bounced off each other and reflected off the steel-plated walls, creating a cavern effe
