The Darkness Within
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Giga-cities are so large, dense, and vertical, that they have stacks of mega-cities on rotation on giant escalator tracks. This way, cities take turns being on the surface with sunlight. But when a track malfunctions, a city descends into darkness, and starts to change...
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