"The buildings round me, the ground, the mountains—everything’s like a glass—I can see through it. [...] The… — Arthur C. Clarke
"The buildings round me, the ground, the mountains—everything’s like a glass—I can see through it. [...] The light! From beneath me—inside the Earth—shining upward, through the rocks, the ground, everything—growing brighter, brighter, blinding—"
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