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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. ,-»/=£§¶@#
@¶§£=/»-,, ,,-»/=£§¶@
#@¶§£=/»-, == ,-»/=£§¶@#
@¶§£=/»-,, == == ,,-»/=£§¶@
#@¶§£=/»-, »»»»»»» = = »»»»»»» ,-»/=£§¶@#
@¶§£=/»-,, == == ,,-»/=£§¶@
#@¶§£=/»-, == ,-»/=£§¶@#
@¶§£=/»-,, ,,-»/=£§¶@
#@¶§£=/»-, 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. ,-»/=£§¶@#
@¶§£=/»-,, ,,-»/=£§¶@
#@¶§£=/»-, == ,-»/=£§¶@#
@¶§£=/»-,, == == ,,-»/=£§¶@
#@¶§£=/»-, »»»»»»» = = »»»»»»» ,-»/=£§¶@#
@¶§£=/»-,, == == ,,-»/=£§¶@
#@¶§£=/»-, == ,-»/=£§¶@#
@¶§£=/»-,, ,,-»/=£§¶@
#@¶§£=/»-, 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. ,,-»/=£§¶@
#@¶§£=/»-, ,-»/=£§¶@#
@¶§£=/»-,, == ,,-»/=£§¶@
#@¶§£=/»-, == == ,-»/=£§¶@#
@¶§£=/»-,, »»»»»»» = = »»»»»»» ,,-»/=£§¶@
#@¶§£=/»-, == == ,-»/=£§¶@#
@¶§£=/»-,, == ,,-»/=£§¶@
#@¶§£=/»-, ,-»/=£§¶@#
@¶§£=/»-,, 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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