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~undefined  =                                    =  undefined~
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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~
~undefined  =                                    =  undefined~
~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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