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......,~:*     the phosphor .::::: a dark, wet,     *:~,......
.....,~:**    reality check .****: concrete         **:~,.....
....,~:**£          system: .****: building, a damp £**:~,....
...,~:**£#        improving .££££# smell -          #£**:~,...
..,~:**£##     accuracy and .##### something is     ##£**:~,..
.,~:**£###    efficiency in .##### growing here.    ###£**:~,.
..,~:**£##  law enforcement .##### algae? those     ##£**:~,..
...,~:**£#                  .£#### inhabiting the   #£**:~,...
....,~:**£                  .:#### labyrinth care   £**:~,....
.....,~:**                  ..#### not so much      **:~,.....
......,~:*                  ..:### about the        *:~,......
.......,~:                  ...### janitorial       :~,.......
........,~                  ...:## 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. ##£**:~,..
.,~:**£###                                          ###£**:~,.
..,~:**£## 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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