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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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