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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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