[Original Novella] The Grinding, Part 2

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The grinding grew louder. Some sort of generator? Or machine shop? I headed towards it, hoping at least for someplace warm. What I found instead was a long, barren corridor with a single flickering bulb intermittently revealing a strange figure perhaps ten yards away.

“Oh! I uh, was looking for the bathroom” I blurted out. It twitched, registering my…