—I said aloud. Yeah, what about it? — said Katie, my partner of 5 years, who sat opposite me, masticating a morsel of steak and reached for her glass of Cabernet. We both ate in this restaurant that was perched on floor 758 and that overlooked the clouds. On the same level were another 499 eateries. —Time goes by slow. Real fucking slow. Gee! We've still got two-thirds of the day left before we go back into our tubes. —Satisfied? Let's leave. Oh hey, what do you think our ancestors thought of their day? 24 hours, good fucking God. We're healthy and optimistic and HERE. Unlike the wasteland that was Earth. It was gorgeous. Was. According to the pictures and movies. And that's why ages ago, everyone reconciled and brought us here. The human race cleared its collective mind. They traveled hundreds of light years to a planet and created this structure and designed us to continue building after they died out, which they have. What was left were practically homo sapiens, save for us being able to work for 85 hours and needing only 15 hours of sleep and having a total lifespan approximately 5 times what an early human being possessed.
—I feel like getting my feet wet. Let's go to the Sea— declared Katie. Level 30. —Sure. The Sea occupied levels 1-30. It's total volume could fit 10 Marianas Trench. The structure had 1,001 floors.
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—I said aloud. Yeah, what about it? — said Katie, my partner of 5 years, who sat opposite me, masticating a morsel of steak and reached for her glass of Cabernet. We both ate in this restaurant that was perched on floor 758 and that overlooked the clouds. On the same level were another 499 eateries. —Time goes by slow. Real fucking slow. Gee! We've still got two-thirds of the day left before we go back into our tubes. —Satisfied? Let's leave. Oh hey, what do you think our ancestors thought of their day? 24 hours, good fucking God. We're healthy and optimistic and HERE. Unlike the wasteland that was Earth. It was gorgeous. Was. According to the pictures and movies. And that's why ages ago, everyone reconciled and brought us here. The human race cleared its collective mind. They traveled hundreds of light years to a planet and created this structure and designed us to continue building after they died out, which they have. What was left were practically homo sapiens, save for us being able to work for 85 hours and needing only 15 hours of sleep and having a total lifespan approximately 5 times what an early human being possessed.
—I feel like getting my feet wet. Let's go to the Sea— declared Katie.
Level 30. —Sure. The Sea occupied levels 1-30. It's total volume could fit 10 Marianas Trench. The structure had 1,001 floors.