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Butchers sat in their shops with their blood stained aprons already donned, cobblers and tailors were busy with the day's repairs and new creations, the milkmen paraded the streets slowly and methodically, somehow getting their products to the citizens before 8 AM. BUTCHERS SAT IN THEIR SHOPS WITH THEIR BLOOD STAINED APRONS ALREADY DONNED COBBLERS AND TAILORS WERE BUSY WITH THE DAY'S REPAIRS AND NEW CREATIONS THE MILKMEN PARADED THE STREETS SLOWLY AND METHODICALLY SOMEHOW GETTING THEIR PRODUCTS TO THE CITIZENS BEFORE EIGHT A M
in the sky, and I wouldn't have mentioned it, except that as it disappeared, I found myself looking at where it had been, but instead of the ship, I saw directly through the glass the inhabitants of Nunami arising and beginning their daily business, a scene which I might have missed since I was previously wholly absorbed by the picturesqueness of the sky. Usually the Zards would arise before dawn and be about their business, but because of the great flames of the night before, they had no doubt had trouble sleeping, and therefore slept later than usual when they finally did fall into the lands beyond consciousness. They hustled and bustled about the streets of Nunami, each doing their own business, and there was much business to be done in a city in which all provisions are provided internally, with no trade or commerce outside whatsoever. There were merchants and stores still, yet they were not traders but producers, each making their own wares as they sold ones they had already made. OVED UPWARDS IN THE SKY AND I WOULDN'T MENTIONED IT EXCEPT THAT AS IT DISAPPEARED I FOUND MYSELF LOOKING AT WHERE IT HAD BEEN BUT INSTEAD OF THE SHIP I SAW DIRECTLY THROUGH THE GLASS THE INHABITANTS OF NUNE AND MI ARISING AND BEGINNING THEIR DAILY BUSINESS A SCENE WHICH I MIGHT HAVE MISSED SINCE I WAS PREVIOUSLY WHOLLY ABSORBED BY THE PICTURESQUENESS OF THE SKY USUALLY THE ZARDS WOULD ARISE BEFORE DAWN AND BE ABOUT THEIR BUSINESS BUT BECAUSE OF THE GREAT FLAMES OF THE NIGHT BEFORE THEY HAD NO DOUBT HAD TROUBLE SLEEPING AND THEREFORE SLEPT LATER THAN USUAL WHEN THEY FINALLY DID FALL INTO THE LANDS BEYOND CONSCIOUSNESS THEY HUSTLED AND BUSTLED ABOUT THE STREETS AT NUNE AND MAY EACH DOING THEIR OWN BUSINESS AND THERE WAS MUCH BUSINESS TO BE DONE IN THE CITY WHICH ALL PROVISIONS ARE PROVIDED INTERNALLY WITH NO TRADE OR COMMERCE OUTSIDE WHATSOEVER THERE WERE MERCHANTS AND STORES STILL YET THEY WERE NOT TRADERS BUT PRODUCERS EACH MAKING THEIR OWN WARES AS THEY SOLD ONES THAT HAD ALREADY MADE
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