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Section 2.2 - Where Things Are (Outer)

Where We Begin is a room with printed name "In the [if Beginning is happening]Beginning[else]End[end if]". "Just so: there's not a lot to see here, nor much light to illuminate the void[unless Beginning has ended]. But up ahead is a glimmer of something interesting[end if][if Making Friends has ended]. There is only a calming lack of light and sound[end if]." A verb called a Goer is here. "A Goer drifts around in the aether at your fingertips."

To say begin-place title: say "Where We [if Beginning is happening]Begin[else]End[end if]".

Something Interesting is a room with printed name "Something [unless Making Friends has ended]Interesting[else]Too Involved[end if]". "[unless Making Friends has ended]Really just the fringes of something interesting, but in the distance, you can make out the blurry outline of a planet[else]It is still too bright here; you long to retreat[end if]." Something Interesting is forward of Where We Begin. A verb called a Dropper is in Something Interesting.

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The Edge is a room with printed name "The Edge". "Here is the divide between what is and what is not -- what is, of course, is still ahead." The Edge is forward of Something Interesting.

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[Landing is forward of the Edge. "Solid. You can feel a magnetic field here. There is more surface to the west."

The River is a backdrop. "Great, and somehow greasy, but not yet grey-green, since that would require life of some sort."

More Surface is a room. More Surface is west of Landing.

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