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..,»;%$¤£# Several Centuries After It Had Last #£¤$%;»,..
.,»;%$¤£## Belonged To Us, We Went On An Outing To ##£¤$%;»,.
..,»;%$¤£# The Glass Factory That Bore Our Family #£¤$%;»,..
...,»;%$¤£ Name. It Had Changed Owners Many Times £¤$%;»,...
..,»;%$¤£# Since Our Ancestors Death, And Then #£¤$%;»,..
.,»;%$¤£## Stood Abandoned For A Long While. ##£¤$%;»,.
..,»;%$¤£# Finally, The Natural End Station For #£¤$%;»,..
...,»;%$¤£ The Buildings That Survive: A Museum, £¤$%;»,...
..,»;%$¤£# And A Gift Shop. #£¤$%;»,..
.,»;%$¤£## ##£¤$%;»,.
..,»;%$¤£# There'S A Long Time Since My Family #£¤$%;»,..
...,»;%$¤£ Made Anything. By Many, We Would Be £¤$%;»,...
..,»;%$¤£# Considered Poor. #£¤$%;»,..
.,»;%$¤£## ##£¤$%;»,.
..,»;%$¤£# There Are Two Main Factory Buildings, #£¤$%;»,..
...,»;%$¤£ Domed Things Of Several Floors, Made In £¤$%;»,...
..,»;%$¤£# Yellow Brick. Large But Narrow Windows, #£¤$%;»,..
.,»;%$¤£## Reminescent Of Some Cathedral. ##£¤$%;»,.
..,»;%$¤£# Custom-Made Glass, Of Course, Large And #£¤$%;»,..
...,»;%$¤£ LeadEd, And Ashen. A Bit Too Dark To Be £¤$%;»,...
..,»;%$¤£# Practical. On The Eastern Building, #£¤$%;»,..
.,»;%$¤£## Some Are Shattered. ##£¤$%;»,.
..,»;%$¤£# #£¤$%;»,..
...,»;%$¤£ The Other One Is Publicly Open. There'S £¤$%;»,...
..,»;%$¤£# A Museum, With Wax Figures Of My Great #£¤$%;»,..
.,»;%$¤£## Great Great Grandfather, Or Something. ##£¤$%;»,.
..,»;%$¤£# Various Tools (Or Replicas) Laid Out On #£¤$%;»,..
...,»;%$¤£ Tables, With Explaining Texts. A Lot Of £¤$%;»,...
..,»;%$¤£# Glass Of Varying Thickness. #£¤$%;»,..
.,»;%$¤£## ##£¤$%;»,.
..,»;%$¤£# %% #£¤$%;»,..
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...,»;%$¤£ £¤$%;»,...
..,»;%$¤£# I Quickly Sneak Out, And Climb Into The #£¤$%;»,..
.,»;%$¤£## Other Building. The Contrast Is ##£¤$%;»,.
..,»;%$¤£# Overwhelming. It Must Have Stood #£¤$%;»,..
...,»;%$¤£ Derelict For A Long Time, Windows £¤$%;»,...
..,»;%$¤£# Broken, Metallic Trash And Pools Of #£¤$%;»,..
.,»;%$¤£## Dark Glass All Over The Floor. No ##£¤$%;»,.
..,»;%$¤£# Electric Lights, But I Can See By The #£¤$%;»,..
...,»;%$¤£ Light That Shines In Wherever The Dark £¤$%;»,...
..,»;%$¤£# Windows Are Missing A Pane. #£¤$%;»,..
.,»;%$¤£## ##£¤$%;»,.
..,»;%$¤£# However, The Greatest Difference Is The #£¤$%;»,..
...,»;%$¤£ Higher Floors: This Building Has None. £¤$%;»,...
..,»;%$¤£# It Is One Massive Hall, Stretching Away #£¤$%;»,..
.,»;%$¤£## Infinitely Above Me. Somewhere Up There ##£¤$%;»,.
..,»;%$¤£# Is Some Great Iron Latticework, From #£¤$%;»,..
...,»;%$¤£ Where Chains Are Suspended, And Parts £¤$%;»,...
..,»;%$¤£# Of Machinery Has Been Falling Down. #£¤$%;»,..
.,»;%$¤£## ##£¤$%;»,.
..,»;%$¤£# There Is, In The Middle Of The Great #£¤$%;»,..
...,»;%$¤£ Hall, A Thin Spiral Staircase That £¤$%;»,...
..,»;%$¤£# Leads Up There. I Sneak Over There, And #£¤$%;»,..
.,»;%$¤£## Take A Few Reluctant Steps. After Just ##£¤$%;»,.
..,»;%$¤£# A Revolution, I Notice That For Each #£¤$%;»,..
...,»;%$¤£ Step The Building Starts To Glow, The £¤$%;»,...
..,»;%$¤£# Bricks Turning A Dark Red, And Then #£¤$%;»,..
.,»;%$¤£## Orange, All The Piled Up Debree Being ##£¤$%;»,.
..,»;%$¤£# Lit From Behind. #£¤$%;»,..
...,»;%$¤£ £¤$%;»,...
..,»;%$¤£# I Stop Ready To Run Down And Out, But #£¤$%;»,..
.,»;%$¤£## There'S Someone Else On The Staircase ##£¤$%;»,.
..,»;%$¤£# With Me Now, Pressed Close. He'S #£¤$%;»,..
...,»;%$¤£ Looking Like Me, Short Hair And Thin £¤$%;»,...
..,»;%$¤£# Arms, But With Ears From Some Animal, #£¤$%;»,..
.,»;%$¤£## And More Disturbingly, Completely Made ##£¤$%;»,.
..,»;%$¤£# Of Dark Liquid glass. #£¤$%;»,..
...,»;%$¤£ £¤$%;»,...
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.,»;%$¤£## ##£¤$%;»,.
..,»;%$¤£# My Fear Holds Me In Place While He #£¤$%;»,..
...,»;%$¤£ Starts Operating Levers And Dials Set £¤$%;»,...
..,»;%$¤£# In The Center Of The Staircase. Slowly, #£¤$%;»,..
.,»;%$¤£## It Starts Spinning, Circling Upwards. ##£¤$%;»,.
..,»;%$¤£# It'S An Elevator! I Start To Run #£¤$%;»,..
...,»;%$¤£ Downwards, But Now The Liquid Boy £¤$%;»,...
..,»;%$¤£# Creature Grabs Hold Of Me. I Try To #£¤$%;»,..
.,»;%$¤£## Shake Him Off, But He'S Too Strong, And ##£¤$%;»,.
..,»;%$¤£# Pulls Me Back Up Beside Him. #£¤$%;»,..
...,»;%$¤£ £¤$%;»,...
..,»;%$¤£# This Time, I Turn Angry Instead. What #£¤$%;»,..
.,»;%$¤£## The Hell? Who Is This Guy, Acting Like ##£¤$%;»,.
..,»;%$¤£# This? I Reach Out My Free Arm And Slam #£¤$%;»,..
...,»;%$¤£ A Random Lever. Some Metal Bar Is £¤$%;»,...
..,»;%$¤£# Suddenly Released Between Us, Hitting #£¤$%;»,..
.,»;%$¤£## Him On The Arm, Forcing My Release. I ##£¤$%;»,.
..,»;%$¤£# Shove Him Off Of Me, And He Falls Into #£¤$%;»,..
...,»;%$¤£ The Levers, Messing Them Up. £¤$%;»,...
..,»;%$¤£# Immediately, A Thin Rusty Chainmail #£¤$%;»,..
.,»;%$¤£## Curtain Is Dropped Around Me. But The ##£¤$%;»,.
..,»;%$¤£# Elevator Also Speeds Up Significantly. #£¤$%;»,..
...,»;%$¤£ £¤$%;»,...
..,»;%$¤£# The Walls Are Flaring Now, Yellow, #£¤$%;»,..
.,»;%$¤£## White, Almost Blue. I Close My Eyes And ##£¤$%;»,.
..,»;%$¤£# Curl Into A Ball. But Then, The Glass #£¤$%;»,..
...,»;%$¤£ Boy Screams, A Piercing Sound That £¤$%;»,...
..,»;%$¤£# Forces My Eyes Back Open. I Watch As He #£¤$%;»,..
.,»;%$¤£## Becomes Too Liquid, His Body Pooling ##£¤$%;»,.
..,»;%$¤£# Down In His Now Massive Tail, And The #£¤$%;»,..
...,»;%$¤£ Tip Of It Suddenly Breaks Of In A Glass £¤$%;»,...
..,»;%$¤£# Drop That Falls Toward The Factory #£¤$%;»,..
.,»;%$¤£## Floor. ##£¤$%;»,.
..,»;%$¤£# #£¤$%;»,..
...,»;%$¤£ He'S Crawling On The Stairs, Unable To £¤$%;»,...
..,»;%$¤£# Keep His Body Upright. Can'T Reach The #£¤$%;»,..
.,»;%$¤£## Levers, Claws At My Chainmail Cage, ##£¤$%;»,.
..,»;%$¤£# While His Body Is Turning Into Dark #£¤$%;»,..
...,»;%$¤£ Pearls. Finally, He'S Lost Too Much Of £¤$%;»,...
..,»;%$¤£# Himself And The Scream Is Cut Short. #£¤$%;»,..
.,»;%$¤£## The Last Of Him Rains Down. ##£¤$%;»,.
..,»;%$¤£# #£¤$%;»,..
...,»;%$¤£ I Still Can'T Reach The Levers From £¤$%;»,...
..,»;%$¤£# Within My Cage. Looking Up, I Try To #£¤$%;»,..
.,»;%$¤£## Make Out The Ceiling, But It'S All A ##£¤$%;»,.
..,»;%$¤£# Whirling Sea Of Colours. Below Me Glows #£¤$%;»,..
...,»;%$¤£ The Hellfire Of The Factory Walls, But £¤$%;»,...
..,»;%$¤£# Very Faint. I Sit Down, Curl Back Up, #£¤$%;»,..
.,»;%$¤£## Become Still. ##£¤$%;»,.
..,»;%$¤£# #£¤$%;»,..
...,»;%$¤£ %% £¤$%;»,...
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.,»;%$¤£## A Large Clunk Shakes My Entire Body, ##£¤$%;»,.
..,»;%$¤£# And Snaps Me Back Into Reality. I'M #£¤$%;»,..
...,»;%$¤£ Back At The Factory Floor, But The £¤$%;»,...
..,»;%$¤£# Stairs Are Still Moving Slightly, #£¤$%;»,..
.,»;%$¤£## Clicking In Place, Carrying Me The Last ##£¤$%;»,.
..,»;%$¤£# Few Centimeters. I Came From Below, #£¤$%;»,..
...,»;%$¤£ Somehow. The Chainmail Is Retracted, £¤$%;»,...
..,»;%$¤£# And I Slowly Dismount The Stairs. #£¤$%;»,..
.,»;%$¤£## ##£¤$%;»,.
..,»;%$¤£# Shaking And Crying, I Make My Way Over #£¤$%;»,..
...,»;%$¤£ The Factory Floor, Wading Through Dark £¤$%;»,...
..,»;%$¤£# Glass Marbles. A Quick Glance Down, And #£¤$%;»,..
.,»;%$¤£## I See There'S Something Faint Inside ##£¤$%;»,.
..,»;%$¤£# Them. Embryos? Are These Eggs? #£¤$%;»,..
...,»;%$¤£ £¤$%;»,...
..,»;%$¤£# I Shudder, And Climb Back Out. #£¤$%;»,..
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