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           AndtheFlatlinealignedthenoseofKuang’sstingwiththecenterofthedarkbelow.Anddove.

           Case’ssensoryinputwarpedwiththeirvelocity.

           Hismouthfilledwithanachingtasteofblue.

           Hiseyeswereeggsofunstablecrystal,vibratingwithafrequencywhosenamewasrainandthesoundoftrains,suddenlysproutingahummingforestofhair-fineglassspines.Thespinessplit,bisected,splitagain,exponentialgrowthunderthedomeoftheTessier-Ashpoolice.

           Theroofofhismouthcleavedpainlessly,admittingrootletsthatwhippedaroundhistongue,hungryforthetasteofblue,tofeedthecrystalforestsofhiseyes,foreststhatpressedagainstthegreendome,pressedandwerehindered,andspread,growingdown,fillingtheuniverseofT-A,downintothewaiting,haplesssuburbsofthecitythatwasthemindofTessierAshpoolS.A.

           Andhewasrememberinganancientstory,akingplacingcoinsonachessboard,doublingtheamountateachsquare...

           Exponential...

           Darknessfellinfromeveryside,asphereofsingingblack,pressureontheextendedcrystalnervesoftheuniverseofdatahehadnearlybecome...

           Andwhenhewasnothing,compressedattheheartofallthatdark,therecameapointwherethedarkcouldbenomore,andsomethingtore.