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~undefined  ^                                    ^  undefined~
~undefined  ^                                    ^  undefined~
~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~
~undefined  ^                                    ^  undefined~
~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~
~undefined &^                                    ^& undefined~
~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~
~undefined  ^                                    ^  undefined~
~undefined  ^ "it's still moving", the fox said. ^  undefined~
~undefined  ^   "i can almost feel it. coming    ^  undefined~
~undefined &^              closer."              ^& undefined~
~undefined  ^                                    ^  undefined~
~undefined  ^ it was right, the fox. we listened ^  undefined~
~undefined  ^    to the crickets for a while.    ^  undefined~
~undefined &^         "yeah. it's fast."         ^& undefined~
~undefined  ^                                    ^  undefined~
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