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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. ##@¶@%\~..
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..~\%@¶@## There'S A Long Time Since My Family ##@¶@%\~..
...~\%@¶@# Made Anything. By Many, We Would Be #@¶@%\~...
..~\%@¶@## Considered Poor. ##@¶@%\~..
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..~\%@¶@## 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. #@¶@%\~...
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...~\%@¶@# 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. ##@¶@%\~..
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..~\%@¶@## 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. ##@¶@%\~..
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..~\%@¶@## 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. ##@¶@%\~..
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..~\%@¶@## 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. #@¶@%\~...
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...~\%@¶@# 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. ##@¶@%\~..
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..~\%@¶@## 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? ##@¶@%\~..
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..~\%@¶@## I Shudder, And Climb Back Out. ##@¶@%\~..
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