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&,&,,,&,,,                                          ,,&&&,&&&&
,&&&,,&&,,         art school house dream.          &,&,,&&,,,
,&,,&,&,&,                                          &&&&,&,&,,
,&&,&&&&&&        #========================#        &,,,&&&&&,
,&,&&,,,,,                                          ,&,,&,,,,&
&&&&,&,,,, slightly uptown on a grassy hill  lies a &&&,&&,,,&
,,,,&&&,,,    large repurposed institution. it's    ,,,&&,&,,&
&,,,&,,&,, several  floors,  a few  hundred  meters &,,&,&&&,&
,&,,&&,&&,       wide. made of yellow bricks.       &&,&&&,,&&
&&&,&,&&,&                                          ,,&&,,&,&,
&,,&&&&,&&  combined nightclub, cafe, gallery, art  &,&,&,&&&&
,&,&,,,&&, school. it's  always open,  people  come &&&&&&&,,,
,&&&&,,&,& and go. the basement is  deeper than you &,,,,,,&,,
,&,,,&,&&&               would guess.               &&,,,,,&&,
,&&,,&&&,,                                          ,,&,,,,&,&
&&,&,&,,&, it's  messy.  i've spread my things over &,&&,,,&&&
,,&&&&&,&&             several floors,              ,&&,&,,&,,
,,&,,,,&&,                                          ,&,&&&,&&,
,,&&,,,&,& and due  to a few  many  beers  and some &&&&,,&&,&
&,&,&,,&&& secret  rivalries,  i  decide  i  should ,,,,&,&,&&
,&&&&&,&,, leave.   but  where   are   my  shoes... &,,,&&&&&,
,&,,,,&&&,                                          ,&,,&,,,,&
&&&,,,&,,&       #=== (looking for shoes) ===#      ,&&,&&,,,&
,,,&,,&&,&                                          &&,&&,&,,&
&,,&&,&,&& after a  while they  appear on  my feet. &,&&,&&&,&
,&,&,&&&&,                    ok.                   &&&,&&,,&&
&&&&&&,,,&                                          ,,,&&,&,&,
&,,,,,&,,& i'm  crying  of joy, i  hug a friend and ,,,&,&&&&&
,&,,,,&&,& it's  good,  we're  close  now,  he  can ,,,&&&,,,,
,&&,,,&,&& smell   me   (all  according  to  plan). &,,&,,&,,,
,&,&,,&&&,                                          &&,&&,&&,,
,&&&&,&,,& i  find out  who ruined my paintings and ,,&&,&&,&,
,&,,,&&&,& i  pull her  hair. she cries  from  pain &,&,&&,&&&
&&&,,&,,&&       but does not beg forgiveness.      &&&&&,&&,,
&,,&,&&,&,                                          &,,,,&&,&,
&&,&&&,&&&       #=== (in the background) ===#      &&,,,&,&&&
,,&&,,&&,,                                          ,,&,,&&&,,
,,&,&,&,&, sunset,  orange  and  pink,  city  is  a ,,&&,&,,&,
,,&&&&&&&&      black cutout. there's fires and     &,&,&&&,&&
&,&,,,,,,,         explosions on the ground.        &&&&&,,&&,
&&&&,,,,,,                                          &,,,,&,&,&
,,,,&,,,,, "the new  way  of  shipping iron -  with ,&,,,&&&&&
&,,,&&,,,, the railgun. the  iron slag  is shot  at ,&&,,&,,,,
&&,,&,&,,, three  hundred and  thirty  three meters &&,&,&&,,,
&,&,&&&&,, per second, and at the receiving end  an ,,&&&&,&,,
&&&&&,,,&, eight  square  meter   wooden   cube  is ,,&,,,&&&,
&,,,,&,,&&        launched to intercept it."        &,&&,,&,,&
,&,,,&&,&,                                          ,&&,&,&&,&
&&&,,&,&&& it  looks  like  interstellar  war.  the &&,&&&&,&&
,,,&,&&&,, wooden  block  shatter into  hundreds of ,,&&,,,&&,
,,,&&&,,&,                  wands.                  ,,&,&,,&,&
&,,&,,&,&&                                          &,&&&&,&&&
,&,&&,&&&,        #========================#        ,&&,,,&&,,
,&&&,&&,,&                                          &&,&,,&,&,
,&,,&&,&,& #  house dream * railgun  * structure  # ,,&&&,&&&&
&&&,&,&&&&          # institution * maze #          ,,&,,&&,,,
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