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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. #£¤£%/»,..
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..,»/%£¤£# 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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