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#,#,,#,#,, SIGNATURE FOG ROLLING IN FROM THE SEA, ,#,,#,###,
###,####,# THE BUILDING COMES TO LIFE: IT MOVES ON ##,###,,##
,,##,,,##, A THOUSAND ROBOTIC LEGS TO ANOTHER ,##,,#,#,,
,#,#,,#,## (SECRET) PART OF TOWN, OR PERHAPS OUT #,#,####,,
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#,,,,#,,## EVENING ARE TREATED TO FOOD AND DRINK, ,,#,,###,,
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####,##,## UNTIL THE AIR INSIDE HAS TAKEN ON THE ,,,,#,#,,,
,,,##,##,# SAME QUALITY AS THE SURROUNDING MIST: ,,,####,,#
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#,,###,,,, STARTED MOVING, THE LOWER FLOORS ARE ###,#,,##,
#,#,,#,,,, SHUT OFF, PREVENTING ENTRY OR EXIT FOR ,,###,#,##
###,##,,,# THE GUESTS. FOOD IS NO LONGER SERVED, ,#,,####,,
,,##,#,,#, BUT THE DRINKS BECOME MORE EXTRAVAGANT. ##,#,,,#,#
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