nano extract!

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He stood outside for a moment, examining the curious object. It was like a little ball of white light, the size of a ping-pong ball, hovering slightly above his palm. It didn’t really feel like anything. He couldn’t see through it. He tried squeezing it but something seemed to stop his hand from touching it, or going nearer than a centimetre from it. He tried poking it with his other hand. For a moment, it didn’t budge. Then it lifted slightly and fell off his palm.

It started rolling rapidly away from him, crossing the grey carpet of the floor like a scampering rat.

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This is a little part describing the notes they use in the story - little balls of light that you can pass to people, and after reading disappear. They're like thought-bubbles, i suppose. whee...

these days are getting to be so strange.