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,:~:^@¤@## the phosphor ,::::: a dark, wet, ##@¤@^:~:,
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,,,::^@@¤¤ improving ,¤¤¤¤# smell - ¤¤@@^::,,,
,:~:^@¤@## accuracy and ,@@@@# something is ##@¤@^:~:,
,:~:^@¤@@@ efficiency in ,##### growing here. @@@¤@^:~:,
,:~:^@¤¤¤# law enforcement ,##### algae? those #¤¤¤@^:~:,
,,,,,~:@@@ ,¤#### inhabiting the @@@:~,,,,,
,:~:^@¤@## ,:#### labyrinth care ##@¤@^:~:,
,:~:^@¤@@# ,,#### not so much #@@¤@^:~:,
,:~:^@@@@@ ,,:### about the @@@@@^:~:,
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,:~:^@¤### ,,,:## side of things. ###¤@^:~:,
,:~:^@¤@## so, a green tint then, on the walls and ##@¤@^:~:,
,:~:^@¤@## floors. that's fine, there's a much ##@¤@^:~:,
,,,,::^^¤¤ more important color - the crimson ¤¤^^::,,,,
,,,,::~:^¤ fire. hidden away, deep in bureaucratic ¤^:~::,,,,
,:~:^@¤@@# and architectural mazes both, the only #@@¤@^:~:,
,:~:^@¤@## place where they dare set it ablaze, ##@¤@^:~:,
,,,::^^^^¤ and thus where they need to go to ¤^^^^::,,,
,,,,,,~^¤# utilize the flame. #¤^~,,,,,,
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,,,,:::^¤¤ a thought, a face, a flicker in the red ¤¤^:::,,,,
,,:::^^^¤@ fire. another thought, the presumed @¤^^^:::,,
,,,,:::@@@ contact, another shiver in the light. @@@:::,,,,
,:~:^@¤¤@# then, the interrogator imagining their #@¤¤@^:~:,
,,,,,::@@# meeting, talking perhaps, exchanging #@@::,,,,,
,,,,,,~^¤# notes. the fire is still. no resonance. #¤^~,,,,,,
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