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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. ###$†^=...
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.....=^†$# 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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