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Crucial and bizarre. After the visitor was
finished mishandling the admission box,
he took the pinky of one of his hands right
off and deposited it into the box. This was
the weirdest thing Mr Shift had ever seen.
There was no blood. The traveler didn’t
seem to be in any pain. But the finger
was removed, dropped in the box, and
sensors embedded in the box indicated
that pure gold had been deposited.
As the traveler entered the building
through the now-unlocked door, Mr
Shift’s head spun at the ramifications of
what he’d just witnessed. A finger made
of pure gold. If the finger was truly made
of the precious metal, what about the rest
of him? Was the chestahedron 24 carats,
after all? Calling his personal assistant
in, Mr Shift resolved to find out.
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