1BINT. THE ORGAN – CONTINUOUS1B

The hatch was the size of a letterbox. Inside, it is a cathedral.

Brass walls of gears turn against each other, slowly, in both directions. Pipes branch overhead like the veins in a leaf. Steam drifts through warm light. The floor is warm underfoot.

It is much bigger inside than the machine is outside. Nobody explains this.

The board clacks: VISITORS DETECTED. OPTIMIZING ROUTE.

The tiny brass rule beside the title still reads 1:1.

FURTHER IN, toward the light at the far end. PULL BACK returns to the panel.