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~undefined §\ THE BALCONY WAS ILL TAKEN CARE OF, \§ undefined~
~undefined  \ AND LOOKED A BIT LIKE A FORGOTTEN  \  undefined~
~undefined  \ STORAGE CLOSET, AND WITH BIRD SHIT \  undefined~
~undefined  \  ON THE FLOOR THAT YOU WOULD HAVE  \  undefined~
~undefined §\ TO STEP AROUND. WE WERE SITTING ON \§ undefined~
~undefined  \   A FEW MISMATCHED CUSHIONS (I'M   \  undefined~
~undefined  \  MAKING UP A FOX COMPANION HERE,   \  undefined~
~undefined  \  LIKE A HOLOGRAM) PRESSED AGAINST  \  undefined~
~undefined §\ THE WALL, WATCHING THE WORLD END,  \§ undefined~
~undefined  \       DRINKING CALPIS WATER.       \  undefined~
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~undefined  \    THE NIGHT SKY A SOLID GRAY,     \  undefined~
~undefined §\   LIGHTER THAN THE TREES ON OUR    \§ undefined~
~undefined  \  HILL, LIGHTER THAN THE SLEEPING   \  undefined~
~undefined  \  CITY SPILLING OUT AROUND US. THE  \  undefined~
~undefined  \      GLOW OF THE FOX SLIGHTLY      \  undefined~
~undefined §\  ILLUMINATING THE MESS AROUND OUR  \§ undefined~
~undefined  \ RESTING PLACE, NOT MORE INTRUSIVE  \  undefined~
~undefined  \    THAN THE STREETLIGHTS BELOW.    \  undefined~
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~undefined §\ AND, WHAT WE WERE LOOKING AT - THE \§ undefined~
~undefined  \  INTERMITTENT FLASHES ABOVE, THAT  \  undefined~
~undefined  \ WOULD SUDDENLY REVEAL STRUCTURE IN \  undefined~
~undefined  \ THAT GRAY SKY. WHAT HAD PREVIOUSLY \  undefined~
~undefined §\ BEEN A FLAT SURFACE NOW SANK IN ON \§ undefined~
~undefined  \   ITSELF, SHOWING DEEP RIFTS AND   \  undefined~
~undefined  \   BIOLUMINESCENT NEBULAS. AND IT   \  undefined~
~undefined  \       MOVED, NO DOUBT ALIVE.       \  undefined~
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~undefined  \  BUT THE NEXT MOMENT, GONE AGAIN:  \  undefined~
~undefined  \ AS ABRUBTLY AS IT DISAPPEARED, THE \  undefined~
~undefined  \  GRAY WALL WAS BACK. AN ORDINARY   \  undefined~
~undefined §\          NIGHT ONCE MORE.          \§ undefined~
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~undefined  \ "IT'S STILL MOVING", THE FOX SAID. \  undefined~
~undefined  \   "I CAN ALMOST FEEL IT. COMING    \  undefined~
~undefined §\              CLOSER."              \§ undefined~
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~undefined  \ IT WAS RIGHT, THE FOX. WE LISTENED \  undefined~
~undefined  \    TO THE CRICKETS FOR A WHILE.    \  undefined~
~undefined §\         "YEAH. IT'S FAST."         \§ undefined~
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