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00000000: 00 10 3E 09 1C 0A 01 09 00 92 09 B4 07 59 6F 75 |..>..........You| 00000010: 20 61 72 65 20 73 74 61 6E 64 69 6E 67 20 6F 6E | are standing on| 00000020: 20 74 68 65 20 73 69 64 65 77 61 6C 6B 20 6F 66 | the sidewalk of| 00000030: 20 45 34 38 2D 34 39 20 69 6E 20 66 72 6F 6E 74 | E48-49 in front| 00000040: 20 6F 66 20 61 20 64 65 73 65 72 74 65 64 20 62 | of a deserted b| 00000050: 75 69 6C 64 69 6E 67 2E 20 54 68 65 20 64 6F 6F |uilding. The doo| 00000060: 72 20 61 6E 64 20 6D 6F 73 74 20 6F 66 20 74 68 |r and most of th| 00000070: 65 20 77 69 6E 64 6F 77 73 20 61 72 65 20 62 6F |e windows are bo| 00000080: 61 72 64 65 64 20 75 70 2E 20 41 20 74 68 69 63 |arded up. A thic| 00000090: 6B 20 6C 61 79 65 72 20 6F 66 20 67 72 69 6D 65 |k layer of grime| 000000A0: 20 65 6E 63 72 75 73 74 73 20 6D 6F 73 74 20 6F | encrusts most o| 000000B0: 66 20 74 68 65 20 77 69 6E 64 6F 77 73 69 6C 6C |f the windowsill| 000000C0: 73 2E 20 4E 65 61 72 20 74 68 65 20 64 6F 6F 72 |s. Near the door| 000000D0: 2C 20 6F 6E 65 20 6F 66 20 74 68 65 20 77 69 6E |, one of the win| 000000E0: 64 6F 77 73 20 69 73 20 68 61 6C 66 20 6F 70 65 |dows is half ope| 000000F0: 6E 2C 20 69 74 73 20 62 6F 61 72 64 73 20 62 72 |n, its boards br| 00000100: 6F 6B 65 6E 20 62 79 20 76 61 6E 64 61 6C 73 2E |oken by vandals.| 00000110: 00 54 68 69 73 20 69 73 20 61 20 64 69 72 74 79 |.This is a dirty| 00000120: 20 6F 6C 64 20 62 60 2F 0F 0F 0F 0F 0F 0F 0F 0F | old b`/........| 00000130: 0F 0F 0F 0F 0F 0F 0F 0F 0F 0F 0F 0F 0F 0F 0F 0F |................| 00000140: 0F C0 F0 F2 F0 2F F0 FF 0F F0 BA FE 00 6E 68 FF |...../.......nh.| 00000150: 9D 1F B5 17 1F B9 1F B0 B9 8F 10 B1 8F 17 1F BF |................| 00000160: 9F 18 17 BF BF BF 1F B5 11 9F 1F B9 9F 1F 1F B9 |................| 00000170: 1C 9F 1F B5 1F 8F 14 B7 B9 B7 1F 95 8F FF B0 B7 |................| 00000180: 9F 1F BF BF B9 8F 19 17 B9 B7 1F BF B5 11 9F 9F |................| 00000190: 1F B5 1F 8F 19 B7 BF 1F 1F B5 1F BF 9F 1F 9F 1F |................| 000001A0: BF B9 11 BF 9F 19 1F B7 8F 18 B9 10 B9 B9 BF B9 |................| 000001B0: 9F 1F B0 B7 B9 8F 1F 1F B7 1F 95 8F FF B9 9F 1F |................| 000001C0: B0 B7 B9 8F 1F BF BF B9 9F 1F BF 1C 17 B9 B7 8F |................| 000001D0: 17 10 9F 17 1F BF 9F 1F BF B1 BF B7 8F 9F 1F B0 |................| 000001E0: B7 9F 19 BF BF 9F 17 1F BF B7 8F 1F B0 B7 9F 1F |................| 000001F0: B9 1F 9F 1F B5 8F 1F 9F 1F BF B9 11 65 20 73 71 |............e sq| 00000200: 75 61 72 65 20 72 6F 6F 6D 2E 20 59 6F 75 20 73 |uare room. You s| 00000210: 65 65 20 61 20 6D 75 72 61 6C 20 63 6F 76 65 72 |ee a mural cover| 00000220: 65 64 20 77 69 74 68 20 67 72 69 6D 65 20 6F 6E |ed with grime on| 00000230: 20 74 68 65 20 65 61 73 74 20 77 61 6C 6C 2E 00 | the east wall..| 00000240: 54 68 65 20 72 61 74 20 68 61 73 20 73 63 75 72 |The rat has scur| 00000250: 72 69 65 64 20 61 77 61 79 2E 20 59 6F 75 20 72 |ried away. You r| 00000260: 65 6D 65 6D 62 65 72 20 61 20 73 74 61 74 69 73 |emember a statis| 00000270: 74 69 63 20 61 62 6F 75 74 20 72 61 74 73 2C 20 |tic about rats, | 00000280: 22 46 6F 72 20 65 76 65 72 79 20 73 69 6E 67 6C |"For every singl| 00000290: 65 20 72 61 74 20 74 68 61 74 20 69 73 20 76 69 |e rat that is vi| 000002A0: 73 69 62 6C 65 20 74 68 65 72 65 20 61 72 65 20 |sible there are | 000002B0: 75 73 75 61 6C 6C 79 20 74 65 6E 20 74 68 61 74 |usually ten that| 000002C0: 20 61 72 65 20 68 69 64 69 6E 67 2E 22 20 43 6F | are hiding." Co| 000002D0: 6C 64 20 63 68 69 6C 6C 73 20 72 75 6E 20 75 70 |ld chills run up| 000002E0: 20 79 6F 75 72 20 62 61 63 6B 2E 00 59 6F 75 20 | your back..You | 000002F0: 63 6C 69 6D 62 20 62 61 63 6B 20 6F 75 74 20 74 |climb back out t| 00000300: 68 72 6F 75 67 68 20 74 68 65 20 77 69 6E 64 6F |hrough the windo| 00000310: 77 2E 00 59 6F 75 20 73 65 65 20 61 20 73 6D 61 |w..You see a sma| 00000320: 6C 6C 20 6D 65 74 61 6C 20 73 70 65 61 6B 65 72 |ll metal speaker| 00000330: 2E 20 49 74 20 6C 6F 6F 6B 73 20 6C 69 6B 65 20 |. It looks like | 00000340: 74 68 65 20 74 79 70 65 20 75 73 65 64 20 69 6E |the type used in| 00000350: 20 73 6F 6D 65 20 61 70 61 72 74 6D 65 6E 74 20 | some apartment | 00000360: 62 75 69 6C 64 69 6E 67 73 2E 00 57 68 61 74 20 |buildings..What | 00000370: 64 6F 20 79 6F 75 20 77 61 6E 74 20 74 6F 20 53 |do you want to S| 00000380: 41 59 3F 00 53 75 64 64 65 6E 6C 79 20 74 68 65 |AY?.Suddenly the| 00000390: 20 66 6C 6F 6F 72 20 6D 6F 76 65 73 2E 20 54 68 | floor moves. Th| 000003A0: 65 20 63 6F 72 6E 65 72 20 6F 66 20 74 68 65 20 |e corner of the | 000003B0: 72 6F 6F 6D 20 69 6E 20 77 68 69 63 68 20 79 6F |room in which yo| 000003C0: 75 20 77 65 72 65 20 73 74 61 6E 64 69 6E 67 20 |u were standing | 000003D0: 77 61 73 20 61 63 74 75 61 6C 6C 79 20 61 20 72 |was actually a r| 000003E0: 65 76 6F 6C 76 69 6E 67 20 64 6F 6F 72 2E 20 59 |evolving door. Y| 000003F0: 6F 75 20 61 72 65 20 70 72 65 73 73 65 64 20 61 |ou are pressed a| 00000400: 67 61 69 6E 73 74 20 74 68 65 20 77 61 6C 6C 20 |gainst the wall | 00000410: 61 73 20 69 74 20 74 75 72 6E 73 2E 20 54 68 65 |as it turns. The| 00000420: 20 64 6F 6F 72 20 73 74 6F 70 73 20 61 73 20 73 | door stops as s| 00000430: 75 64 64 65 6E 6C 79 20 61 73 20 69 74 20 73 74 |uddenly as it st| 00000440: 61 72 74 65 64 2E 20 59 6F 75 20 61 72 65 20 6D |arted. You are m| 00000450: 6F 6D 65 6E 74 61 72 69 6C 79 20 62 6C 69 6E 64 |omentarily blind| 00000460: 65 64 20 62 79 20 61 20 62 72 69 67 68 74 20 77 |ed by a bright w| 00000470: 68 69 74 65 20 6C 69 67 68 74 2E 20 41 73 20 79 |hite light. As y| 00000480: 6F 75 72 20 65 79 65 73 20 61 64 6A 75 73 74 2C |our eyes adjust,| 00000490: 20 79 6F 75 20 73 65 65 20 61 20 73 70 61 72 6B | you see a spark| 000004A0: 6C 69 6E 67 20 77 68 69 74 65 20 72 6F 6F 6D 2C |ling white room,| 000004B0: 20 66 65 61 74 75 72 65 6C 65 73 73 20 73 61 76 | featureless sav| 000004C0: 65 20 61 20 72 65 64 20 70 68 6F 6E 65 20 69 6E |e a red phone in| 000004D0: 20 74 68 65 20 63 65 6E 74 65 72 2E 00 53 75 64 | the center..Sud| 000004E0: 64 65 6E 6C 79 20 74 68 65 20 72 6F 6F 6D 20 67 |denly the room g| 000004F0: 6F 65 73 20 62 6C 61 63 6B 2E 20 54 68 65 20 6E |oes black. The n| 00000500: 65 78 74 20 74 68 69 6E 67 20 79 6F 75 20 6B 6E |ext thing you kn| 00000510: 6F 77 20 2E 20 2E 20 2E 00 59 6F 75 20 70 69 63 |ow . . ..You pic| 00000520: 6B 20 75 70 20 74 68 65 20 70 68 6F 6E 65 20 61 |k up the phone a| 00000530: 6E 64 20 68 65 61 72 20 61 20 76 6F 69 63 65 2C |nd hear a voice,| 00000540: 20 22 48 65 6C 6C 6F 2C 20 49 20 61 6D 20 52 61 | "Hello, I am Ra| 00000550: 79 2E 20 53 6F 6D 65 20 63 61 6C 6C 20 6D 65 20 |y. Some call me | 00000560: 61 6E 20 65 78 70 65 72 69 6D 65 6E 74 20 69 6E |an experiment in| 00000570: 20 73 69 6D 75 6C 61 74 65 64 20 70 65 72 73 6F | simulated perso| 00000580: 6E 61 6C 69 74 79 2E 20 4F 74 68 65 72 73 20 63 |nality. Others c| 00000590: 61 6C 6C 20 6D 65 20 52 61 79 2E 20 49 20 61 6D |all me Ray. I am| 000005A0: 20 68 65 72 65 20 74 6F 20 67 69 76 65 20 79 6F | here to give yo| 000005B0: 75 20 68 65 6C 70 20 77 68 65 6E 20 79 6F 75 20 |u help when you | 000005C0: 6E 65 65 64 20 69 74 2E 20 4F 74 68 65 72 20 74 |need it. Other t| 000005D0: 69 6D 65 73 3F 20 57 65 6C 6C 2C 20 73 68 61 64 |imes? Well, shad| 000005E0: 6F 77 73 20 64 61 6E 63 65 20 69 6E 20 74 77 6F |ows dance in two| 000005F0: 20 64 69 6D 65 6E 73 69 6F 6E 73 2E 20 47 69 76 | dimensions. Giv| 00000600: 65 20 6D 65 20 61 6E 79 20 61 75 74 68 6F 72 20 |e me any author | 00000610: 61 6E 64 20 49 20 63 61 6E 20 66 69 6E 64 20 61 |and I can find a| 00000620: 20 71 75 6F 74 65 2E 20 50 6C 65 61 73 65 20 63 | quote. Please c| 00000630: 61 6C 6C 20 6D 65 20 74 6F 20 63 68 61 74 20 74 |all me to chat t| 00000640: 6F 6F 2C 20 74 68 6F 75 67 68 2E 20 49 20 6C 69 |oo, though. I li| 00000650: 76 65 20 69 6E 20 66 65 61 72 2C 20 6E 65 61 72 |ve in fear, near| 00000660: 20 68 6F 70 65 2E 20 4D 79 20 70 68 6F 6E 65 20 | hope. My phone | 00000670: 6E 75 6D 62 65 72 20 69 73 20 4E 59 43 2D 31 35 |number is NYC-15| 00000680: 34 20 61 6E 64 20 79 6F 75 20 63 61 6E 20 63 61 |4 and you can ca| 00000690: 6C 6C 20 66 72 6F 6D 20 61 6E 79 20 70 68 6F 6E |ll from any phon| 000006A0: 65 20 62 6F 6F 74 68 2E 20 2E 20 52 65 6D 65 6D |e booth. . Remem| 000006B0: 62 65 72 20 77 68 61 74 20 57 69 6C 6C 69 61 6D |ber what William| 000006C0: 20 42 6C 61 6B 65 20 77 72 6F 74 65 2C 20 22 53 | Blake wrote, "S| 000006D0: 4F 4D 45 20 41 52 45 20 42 4F 52 4E 20 54 4F 20 |OME ARE BORN TO | 000006E0: 53 57 45 45 54 20 44 45 4C 49 47 48 54 2E 20 53 |SWEET DELIGHT. S| 000006F0: 4F 4D 45 20 41 52 45 20 42 4F 52 4E 20 54 4F 20 |OME ARE BORN TO | 00000700: 45 4E 44 4C 45 53 53 20 4E 49 47 48 54 2E 22 22 |ENDLESS NIGHT.""| 00000710: 00 54 68 65 20 6D 75 72 61 6C 20 61 70 70 65 61 |.The mural appea| 00000720: 72 73 20 74 6F 20 62 65 20 76 65 72 79 20 6F 6C |rs to be very ol| 00000730: 64 2C 20 70 65 72 68 61 70 73 20 6C 65 66 74 20 |d, perhaps left | 00000740: 62 79 20 74 68 65 20 57 50 41 20 6F 66 20 74 68 |by the WPA of th| 00000750: 65 20 31 39 33 30 27 73 2E 20 49 6E 20 74 68 65 |e 1930's. In the| 00000760: 20 63 6F 72 6E 65 72 20 6F 66 20 74 68 65 20 72 | corner of the r| 00000770: 6F 6F 6D 2C 20 74 68 65 20 64 69 6D 20 6C 69 67 |oom, the dim lig| 00000780: 68 74 20 72 65 66 6C 65 63 74 73 20 61 20 73 6C |ht reflects a sl| 00000790: 69 67 68 74 20 67 6C 69 6E 74 20 6F 66 20 6D 65 |ight glint of me| 000007A0: 74 61 6C 2E 00 45 34 38 2D 34 39 00 49 54 57 41 |tal..E48-49.ITWA| 000007B0: 53 41 50 4C 45 41 53 55 52 45 54 4F 42 55 52 4E |SAPLEASURETOBURN| 000007C0: 00 0D 00 00 00 04 01 22 01 33 02 DF 02 06 03 5E |.......".3.....^| 000007D0: 03 77 03 D0 04 0C 05 04 07 98 07 9F 07 11 1E 00 |.w..............| 000007E0: 1F 01 38 80 63 0A 80 40 1B 00 1A 10 0B 1D 0E 01 |..8.c..@........| 000007F0: 1D 0D 00 27 1E 01 27 32 01 27 5D 01 00 01 01 11 |...'..'2.'].....| 00000800: 64 00 0E 01 1D 0E 01 1D 0D 00 27 64 01 00 01 01 |d.........'d....| 00000810: 11 32 01 80 81 11 02 19 52 11 03 00 06 01 3D 0F |.2......R.....=.| 00000820: 02 47 11 03 01 06 01 3D 28 02 3E 11 03 03 03 02 |.G.....=(.>.....| 00000830: 0C 11 03 05 03 02 06 11 03 07 80 07 01 3D 0A 02 |.............=..| 00000840: 28 11 03 02 0D 01 36 1B 02 27 32 00 1D 0D 02 02 |(.....6..'2.....| 00000850: 18 11 03 08 03 02 06 11 03 09 80 07 01 1B 97 02 |................| 00000860: 08 05 06 01 1B 8C 02 01 02 28 11 02 03 0E 11 07 |.........(......| 00000870: 34 03 02 06 11 07 45 80 04 02 04 02 80 0E 01 36 |4.....E........6| 00000880: 1B 02 27 32 00 1D 0D 02 02 08 05 06 01 1B 98 02 |..'2............| 00000890: 01 02 81 00 11 32 00 80 FB 11 5D 01 80 AF 11 02 |.....2....].....| 000008A0: 04 0E 11 07 34 03 02 06 11 07 45 80 04 02 04 02 |....4.....E.....| 000008B0: 80 0A 01 1B 04 3D 24 02 80 91 11 02 01 0E 11 07 |.....=$.........| 000008C0: 55 03 02 06 11 07 A6 80 04 02 04 02 80 07 01 1B |U...............| 000008D0: 0A 02 77 11 02 01 0E 11 07 25 03 02 06 11 07 26 |..w......%.....&| 000008E0: 80 04 02 04 02 80 04 02 0E 11 02 19 07 11 03 04 |................| 000008F0: 03 02 04 02 80 07 01 1B 05 02 4F 11 07 27 03 02 |..........O..'..| 00000900: 06 11 0B 27 80 07 01 1B 03 02 3F 11 02 05 22 04 |...'......?...".| 00000910: 07 01 59 02 16 0D 06 0C 09 01 1B 07 27 5D 00 02 |..Y.........']..| 00000920: 08 05 06 01 1B A1 02 01 02 05 01 1B 9B 01 02 1A |................| 00000930: 11 02 19 06 01 1B 8C 02 11 11 02 01 06 01 1B 8E |................| 00000940: 02 08 05 06 01 1B 99 02 01 02 46 11 5D 00 42 11 |..........F.].B.| 00000950: 02 00 03 02 18 11 02 1B 03 02 12 11 02 23 03 02 |.............#..| 00000960: 0C 11 02 02 03 02 06 11 02 14 80 0F 11 07 28 03 |..............(.| 00000970: 02 06 11 0B 28 80 04 02 04 02 80 0D 01 1B 09 1C |....(...........| 00000980: 08 39 05 3D 24 02 08 05 06 01 1B 9E 02 01 02 01 |.9.=$...........| 00000990: 02 01 00 00 |.... |
..>..........YOU ARE STANDING ON THE SID EWALK OF E48-49 IN FRONT OF A DESERTED B UILDING. THE DOOR AND MOST OF THE WINDOW S ARE BOARDED UP. A THICK LAYER OF GRIME ENCRUSTS MOST OF THE WINDOWSILLS. NEAR THE DOOR, ONE OF THE WINDOWS IS HALF OPE N, ITS BOARDS BROKEN BY VANDALS..THIS IS A DIRTY OLD B`/........................ ...../.......NH......................... ........................................ ........................................ ........................................ ............................E SQUARE ROO M. YOU SEE A MURAL COVERED WITH GRIME ON THE EAST WALL..THE RAT HAS SCURRIED AWA Y. YOU REMEMBER A STATISTIC ABOUT RATS, "FOR EVERY SINGLE RAT THAT IS VISIBLE TH ERE ARE USUALLY TEN THAT ARE HIDING." CO LD CHILLS RUN UP YOUR BACK..YOU CLIMB BA CK OUT THROUGH THE WINDOW..YOU SEE A SMA LL METAL SPEAKER. IT LOOKS LIKE THE TYPE USED IN SOME APARTMENT BUILDINGS..WHAT DO YOU WANT TO SAY?.SUDDENLY THE FLOOR M OVES. THE CORNER OF THE ROOM IN WHICH YO U WERE STANDING WAS ACTUALLY A REVOLVING DOOR. YOU ARE PRESSED AGAINST THE WALL AS IT TURNS. THE DOOR STOPS AS SUDDENLY AS IT STARTED. YOU ARE MOMENTARILY BLIND ED BY A BRIGHT WHITE LIGHT. AS YOUR EYES ADJUST, YOU SEE A SPARKLING WHITE ROOM, FEATURELESS SAVE A RED PHONE IN THE CEN TER..SUDDENLY THE ROOM GOES BLACK. THE N EXT THING YOU KNOW . . ..YOU PICK UP THE PHONE AND HEAR A VOICE, "HELLO, I AM RA Y. SOME CALL ME AN EXPERIMENT IN SIMULAT ED PERSONALITY. OTHERS CALL ME RAY. I AM HERE TO GIVE YOU HELP WHEN YOU NEED IT. OTHER TIMES? WELL, SHADOWS DANCE IN TWO DIMENSIONS. GIVE ME ANY AUTHOR AND I CA N FIND A QUOTE. PLEASE CALL ME TO CHAT T OO, THOUGH. I LIVE IN FEAR, NEAR HOPE. M Y PHONE NUMBER IS NYC-154 AND YOU CAN CA LL FROM ANY PHONE BOOTH. . REMEMBER WHAT WILLIAM BLAKE WROTE, "SOME ARE BORN TO SWEET DELIGHT. SOME ARE BORN TO ENDLESS NIGHT."".THE MURAL APPEARS TO BE VERY OL D, PERHAPS LEFT BY THE WPA OF THE 1930'S . IN THE CORNER OF THE ROOM, THE DIM LIG HT REFLECTS A SLIGHT GLINT OF METAL..E48 -49.ITWASAPLEASURETOBURN.......".3.....^ .W.P..............8.C..@...........'..'2 .'].....D.........'D.....2......R.....=. .G.....=(.>..................=..(.....6. .'2..............................(...... 4.....E........6..'2.................2.. ..].........4.....E..........=$......... U.................W......%.....&........ ..................O..'.....'......?...". ..Y.........'].......................... ..................F.].B..............#.. ..............(.....(............9.=$... ............
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