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Indy doesn’t notice and disappears into another shadow, emerging with two more tarantulas on his back.
Satipo sees them and makes a frightened grunting sound. Indy looks at him, sees what he’s pointing at and casually brushes all three spiders off with his rolled whip, as he would a fly. Satipo pirouettes for an inspection and Indy flicks one off the Peruvian’s back. Indy begins picking up little pocket-sized artifacts from the niches and ledges of the Temple. He continues to do this as the men penetrate the Temple. His collecting is quick and expert, evaluating the pieces in an instant, discarding some, stuffing others into his clothes, and never stopping his forward progress.
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CHAMBER OF LIGHT
The men reach an arch in the hall. The small chamber ahead, which interrupts the hall, is brightly lit by a shaft of sunlight from high above. Indy stops, looks it over.
SATIPO What’s wrong? Are you lost?
Indy picks up a stick and throws it through the shaft of light. Giant spikes spring together from the sides of the chamber with a ferocious CLANG! And impaled on the spikes are the remains of a white man, half-fleshed, half skeleton, in explorer-type garb. Indy reaches out and takes hold of the man’s carcass. As the spikes slowly retract, Indy pulls it free and seats the remains gently on the floor.
INDY
Forrestal.
SATIPO
(gulps) We can go no further.
INDY Now, Satipo, we don’t want to be discouraged by every little thing.
Indy steps sideways into the chamber. His back pressed against the very points of the retracted spikes, he moves along the edge of the light beam, and steps clear on the other side. Satipo grimaces and begins sweating his way through.
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