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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. ,^-;=£¤###
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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. ,,,,,,,,^-
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=;-^,,,,,, 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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