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Later that evening, when the lights reflecting from the dome city ceiling are
dimming, the city has some visitors. Behind the guard rail along the top
level, near the entry way, some tall dark gray Zetas are standing next to
something that looks like a large green colored worm with two big muppet eyes
at the face end, a tentacle waving. The broad back of what looks exactly like
the creature from the black lagoon looms behind them, and then the round green
hand of a little green man in a dark blue smock comes up over the railing, as
he is pulling himself up for a view. He points toward the center of the dome,
his round face reflecting a smile as board and simple as a have-a-nice-day
symbol.
There is hardly any motion in the dome city, just a person or two moving along
one of the residence patio areas that look out on the gardens, moving off to a
bedroom to settle down. A little boy, Billy, is bustling across the grassy
areas past the fountain, trying to get home before he gets a reminding holler
from his mother. He's the last person to leave the park. He passes the
fountain and hears a faint splash. Billy throws a comment over his shoulder,
not even looking in the direction of the fountain.
No swimming in the fountains, you guys.
A large orange octopus with no eyes pops up out of the fountain water and sits
on the edge of the fountain, shaking water off a tentacle.
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