"[THE FOLLOWING TRIPS DIVISION VIGNETTE HAS BEEN PREMATURELY EXCERPTED FROM THE POTENTIAL PROTOCHAPTER] : [START ENTERQUOTE] : '...TIME HAS ALWAYS POSSESSED THE QUALITIES OF COLOR, MOST NOTABLE TO OUR TRIPS TOPOLOGISTS : IT HAS LONG BEEN THE RULE FOR OUR CARTOGRAPHICS DIVISION TO INDICATE TIMENTS, WHETHER ON A FLAT SURFACE OR ON A SPHERE, WITH FOUR COLORS : [FOUR COLORS ARE ENOUGH TO DIFFERENTIATE EACH TIMENT FROM ALL ITS POSSIBLE IMMEDIATE NEIGHBOURS] : TIME DEPICTED SPHERICALLY CAN BE REMADE INTO FLAT TIME : [INDICATE] : BY PUNCTURING IT AND FLATTENING IT OUT : HOWEVER, THERE ARE SOME CASES WHERE MORE THAN FOUR COLORS ARE REQUIRED : TIME MAPPED ON A MOBIUS STRIP REQUIRES SIX COLORS : AND WHEN A MONOCHRONOLOGIST ROLLS AND BENDS FLAT TIME INTO THE SHAPE OF A DOUGHNUT, THE TIME MAP WHICH ONCE REQUIRED ONLY FOUR COLORS MAY NOW REQUIRE SEVEN...' : [SEVEN COLORS TO TINGE TORUS TIME]"
