The female mudokon cautiously looked both ways down the hallway she encountered. So far, no sight or sound of other beings- she was beginning to wonder if the train had dropped her off at the wrong place...
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"Sick cultures show a complex of symptoms such as you have named . . . but a DYING culture invariably exhibits personal rudeness. Bad manners. Lack of consideration for others in minor matters. A loss of politeness, of gentle manners, is more significant than is a riot."
-- Robert Heinlein in Friday
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