Aida followed the rest of the group, nervously entering the R&R room. She watched as worker after worker took a bed- They all share the same room? she wondered- before she moved forward, keeping her eyes and head down. She moved to the very back of the room and took a bed well away from any occupied ones. It fairly comfortable, she was surprised to find, and found herself quickly falling asleep.
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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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