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~undefined §* THE BALCONY WAS ILL TAKEN CARE OF, *§ undefined~
~undefined  * AND LOOKED A BIT LIKE A FORGOTTEN  *  undefined~
~undefined  * STORAGE CLOSET, AND WITH BIRD SHIT *  undefined~
~undefined  *  ON THE FLOOR THAT YOU WOULD HAVE  *  undefined~
~undefined §* TO STEP AROUND. WE WERE SITTING ON *§ undefined~
~undefined  *   A FEW MISMATCHED CUSHIONS (I'M   *  undefined~
~undefined  *  MAKING UP A FOX COMPANION HERE,   *  undefined~
~undefined  *  LIKE A HOLOGRAM) PRESSED AGAINST  *  undefined~
~undefined §* THE WALL, WATCHING THE WORLD END,  *§ undefined~
~undefined  *       DRINKING CALPIS WATER.       *  undefined~
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~undefined  *    THE NIGHT SKY A SOLID GRAY,     *  undefined~
~undefined §*   LIGHTER THAN THE TREES ON OUR    *§ undefined~
~undefined  *  HILL, LIGHTER THAN THE SLEEPING   *  undefined~
~undefined  *  CITY SPILLING OUT AROUND US. THE  *  undefined~
~undefined  *      GLOW OF THE FOX SLIGHTLY      *  undefined~
~undefined §*  ILLUMINATING THE MESS AROUND OUR  *§ undefined~
~undefined  * RESTING PLACE, NOT MORE INTRUSIVE  *  undefined~
~undefined  *    THAN THE STREETLIGHTS BELOW.    *  undefined~
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~undefined §* AND, WHAT WE WERE LOOKING AT - THE *§ undefined~
~undefined  *  INTERMITTENT FLASHES ABOVE, THAT  *  undefined~
~undefined  * WOULD SUDDENLY REVEAL STRUCTURE IN *  undefined~
~undefined  * THAT GRAY SKY. WHAT HAD PREVIOUSLY *  undefined~
~undefined §* BEEN A FLAT SURFACE NOW SANK IN ON *§ undefined~
~undefined  *   ITSELF, SHOWING DEEP RIFTS AND   *  undefined~
~undefined  *   BIOLUMINESCENT NEBULAS. AND IT   *  undefined~
~undefined  *       MOVED, NO DOUBT ALIVE.       *  undefined~
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~undefined  *  BUT THE NEXT MOMENT, GONE AGAIN:  *  undefined~
~undefined  * AS ABRUBTLY AS IT DISAPPEARED, THE *  undefined~
~undefined  *  GRAY WALL WAS BACK. AN ORDINARY   *  undefined~
~undefined §*          NIGHT ONCE MORE.          *§ undefined~
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~undefined  * "IT'S STILL MOVING", THE FOX SAID. *  undefined~
~undefined  *   "I CAN ALMOST FEEL IT. COMING    *  undefined~
~undefined §*              CLOSER."              *§ undefined~
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~undefined  * IT WAS RIGHT, THE FOX. WE LISTENED *  undefined~
~undefined  *    TO THE CRICKETS FOR A WHILE.    *  undefined~
~undefined §*         "YEAH. IT'S FAST."         *§ undefined~
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