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The Vermin
"Knock! Knock! Knock!"
The cracking sound of a heavy door ripped open the intoxicated silence.
"Sorry to interrupt you, I said. I saw a ray of light under the door, I just pushed it to see what was behind it."
I kept bringing forth an absolute cascade of words as I was standing behind the solid door I could only afford to open half way .
"Am I disturbing you? I hope not! I know it's been a while, crossing the desert to reach you. May I come in ? I won’t be long."
My voice echoed strangely through the room. Then a deafening silence invaded the space. There was nobody except me in this quite dark room, abandoned for ages. I could tell that because as I was moving forward cautiously, a mishmash of overlapping spider webs covered my face. A fine dust that filled the air almost instantly invaded my nose then my throat. I sneezed too loudly and again the sound of my voice echoed back. I...