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From the lower, governmental offices we went up a flight of stairs that wrapped round and round a tower like tunnel, and soon reached the departmental portal. Once there, we took the northern tunnel, which opened into a large hall that stretched on almost endlessly, with hordes of tunnels branching off to the various agencies. There were a great many Canitaurs working busily, preparing for the attack on Nunami and its possible results, which, though long prepared for, had a few last moment components to be finished. FROM THE LOWER GOVERNMENTAL OFFICES WE WENT UP A FLIGHT OF STAIRS THAT WRAPPED ROUND AND ROUND A TOWER LIKE TUNNEL AND SOON REACHED THE DEPARTMENT PORTAL ONCE THERE WE TOOK THE NORTHERN TUNNEL WHICH OPENED INTO A LARGE HALL THAT STRETCHED ON ALMOST ENDLESSLY WITH HORDES OF TUNNELS BRANCHING OFF TO THE VARIOUS AGENCIES THERE WERE A GREAT MANY CANNAS WORKING BUSILY PREPARING FOR THE ATTACK ON NU NUMAI AND ITS POSSIBLE RESULTS WHICH THOUGH LONG PREPARED FOR HAD A FEW LAST MOMENT COMPONENTS TO BE FINISHED
ls to be used by the other departments. The other two departments were below the others, being differentiated between by the names Left and Right, the Left being the governmental offices, and the Right the military headquarters, providing protections both civil and foreign (this was, incidentally, the beginning of the expression of the terms Left and Right to denote ideological preferences, but I digress). Uniform in all the fortress was the architecture, it being a strange mix between elegant and gentle arches and curves and brute practicality, for while the ceilings were high and open, and the walls wide, they were rendered homely by their plain surfaces and the absence of small triflings, conditions that were necessitated because of its identity: an impregnable fortress containing a highly organized and self-sufficient governmental society, each citizen having a particular duty for the common good, and each kept from an unfarcical personal identity by the means of a statist society. MINERALS AND OTHER RAW MATERIALS TO BE USED BY OTHER DEPARTMENTS THE OTHER TWO DEPARTMENTS WERE BELOW THE OTHERS BEING DIFFERENTIATED BETWEEN BY THE NAMES LEFT AND RIGHT THE LEFT BEING THE GOVERNMENT OFFICES AND THE RIGHT THE MILITARY HEADQUARTERS PROVIDING PROTECTIONS BOTH CIVIL AND FOREIGN THIS WAS INCIENTALLY THE BEGINNING OF THE EXPRESSION OF THE TERMS LEFT AND RIGHT TO DENOTE IDEOLOGICAL PREFERENCES BUT I DOGRESS UNIFORM IN ALL THE FORTRESS WAS THE ARCHITECTURE IT BEING A STRANGE MIX BETWEEN ELEGANT AND GENTLE ARCHES AND CURVES AND BRUTE PRACTICALITY FOR WHILE THE CEILINGS WERE HIGH AND OPEN AND THE WALLS WIDE THEY WERE RENDERED HOMELY BY THEIR PLAIN SURFACES AND THE ABSENCE OF SMALL TRIFLINGS CONDITIONS THAT WERE NECESSITATED BECAUSE OF ITS IDENTITY AN IMPREGNABLE FORTRESS CONTAINING A HIGHLY ORGANIZED AND SELF SUFFICIENT GOVERNMENT SOCIETY EACH CITIZEN HAVING A PARTICULAR DUTY FOR THE COMMON GOOD AND EACH KEPT FROM AN UNFASTICAL PERSONAL IDENTITY BY THE MEANS OF A STATUS SOCIETY
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