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~undefined \ \ undefined~
~undefined \ \ undefined~
~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~
~undefined \ \ undefined~
~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~
~undefined \ \ undefined~
~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~
~undefined \ \ undefined~
~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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