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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. ###@£§†».,
,,.»†§£@## ##@£§†».,,
,.»†§£@### 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. ##@£§†».,,
,.»†§£@### ###@£§†».,
,,.»†§£@## 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. ###@£§†».,
,,.»†§£@## ##@£§†».,,
,.»†§£@### 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. ###@£§†».,
,,.»†§£@## ##@£§†».,,
,.»†§£@### 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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,.»†§£@### §§ ###@£§†».,
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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. ###@£§†».,
,,.»†§£@## ##@£§†».,,
,.»†§£@### 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. ###@£§†».,
,,.»†§£@## ##@£§†».,,
,.»†§£@### 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. ##@£§†».,,
,.»†§£@### ###@£§†».,
,,.»†§£@## 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. ###@£§†».,
,,.»†§£@## ##@£§†».,,
,.»†§£@### 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? ###@£§†».,
,,.»†§£@## ##@£§†».,,
,.»†§£@### I Shudder, And Climb Back Out. ###@£§†».,
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