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CHAPTER 28Following Mara, Cam and Dr. Canfield, Sam pushed Ping’s wheelchair from the hallway into the large curved room containing the receptacles. The first three tubes in the row of five immediately to the left of the door were illuminated from within—appearing to be powered up—when everyone walked into the curved room. The rest of the tubes remained darkened. Dr. Canfield stood next to the console at the base of the first tube and turned to face them. She looked at Ping and tapped her own shoulder, nodding toward Ping’s, and said, “Is the auditory receiver functioning adequately?” Ping raised a hand to a black plastic rectangle that had been pinned to his shirt back in the laboratory. “Yes, I can hear fine.” “We’ll remove that before you enter the receptacle,” she said. Bending over
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