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Ninety Fathoms to Anywhere
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Sefu was already moving to the basement door. Me: 'Wait. We don't know—' He slid the key in. The lock clicked. The door opened. The smell hit us. Plants. Something alive and growing. Sefu: 'Oh.'
The smell got stronger as we stared. Me: 'Something's growing down there.' Sefu: 'He had hydroponics equipment. Years ago.' Me: 'But not here. Not like this.' At the bottom of the stairs: a faint blue light. Sefu: 'He built something huge.'
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Me: 'We need to go down there.' Sefu nodded. The stairs descended forever. At the bottom: an impossible garden. Fruit trees. Rice plants. Glass tubes with seeds. Sefu: 'He built this for us.' Me: 'For after?' Sefu: 'For whenever we'd need it.'
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