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Engineer Vitali Dorsunov walked up a stairwell and down a hallway as bemused thoughts went through his mind. These days he went to the factory in his work uniform, a hard wearing robust functional garment designed for someone who got their hands dirty with soot and motor oil, and he spent most of his time talking to people, reading reports or typing up paperwork. Today he was in his dress uniform hauling boxes and chairs from a wagon. Admittedly he left the heavier loads such as the bed, table and his desk to some porters he'd hired, but there was still a lot number of more sensitive items he preferred to bring up himself. The notion ran it's course as he got to the west end of the hallway and opened the door into his new abode.

As soon as the door began to open, his eldest daughter Yeva darted out and soon ran to him. He grinned. "Woah there kid!"

"Dad! This place is amazing! It's Ginormous and there's two toilets, this huge bathtub, windows as tall as me, fancy walls, closet doors that slide," she reached over and demonstrated this "air tunnels, fancy floors, these hot metal things..." she was going full tilt as an impetuous seven year old could.

"...Well I know something it did not have...." he said as he cut her off "Aki! Grrrr!" He picked out a plush Akula from the box and loosed the stuffed sea creature on her without mercy. She burst out giggling with delight. A few seconds latter she collected Aki along with a few other things from the box.

"Now you can play for now, but you have to do it in your bedroom. Have you chosen one yet?"

"Yes I did!" She soon ran down the hall and pointed a door out. In their previous dwelling they all shared a bedroom that made up basically the entire upper storey.

"Does mom know this?"

"Yeah I told her." There was a pause from Yeva. "And thank you for making this place."

"You're welcome. But even so, I just keep the machines working at the factory and made sure the panels were properly made. There's a whole lot of people who put this place together."

"Yes dad. We're all part of the Great Machine and we can do together what none of us can do on our own. You still made it, even if others helped you."

"Well then you should thank the workers building more of these buildings." Anthropomorphism was a trait of humanity and it could badly skew how they viewed the world. When people saw something and wonder how it came to be, they preferred to imagine a human face as it's creator and ignore the hundreds or thousands of people who worked to bring it about. He loved his daughters dearly, but a little gentle correction needed. "Some of them are living in this building".

"Oh I will." She said slightly indignantly.

"And tell Raya that I have Miss Hatofski is here and the rest of the toys will be up here soon." He turned away to go down stairs for the other box.

Given his position as head Engineer at ULBSF-2 , Vitali was at the front of the line for a housing upgrade. As soon as the first prefab apartment buildings was completed he was assigned one of the double-sized three bedroom family flats. A much needed upgrade from the basic house they'd called home for the last few years, not that their old residence would go to waste. From what he heard the shack had already been reallocated. Lila was a bit uncertain about the place in general terms, but she changed her mind quickly enough once she'd taken a quick tour. It was further away from the factory, but a few steam buses had been set up and a trolley route was planned.

Despite the decor, the empty set of rooms felt oddly sterile. It would take some time to make this assemblage of prefab panels a home. Even so with heating, plumbing, a new gas stove, plenty of electrical outlets, ventilation and other conveniences it offered along with the view of other such buildings going up around it, it definately felt more civilized.

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Description

Engineer Vitali Dorsunov walked up a stairwell and down a hallway as bemused thoughts went through his mind. These days he went to the factory in his work uniform, a hard wearing robust functional garment designed for someone who got their hands dirty with soot and motor oil, and he spent most of his time talking to people, reading reports or typing up paperwork. Today he was in his dress uniform hauling boxes and chairs from a wagon. Admittedly he left the heavier loads such as the bed, table and his desk to some porters he'd hired, but there was still a lot number of more sensitive items he preferred to bring up himself. The notion ran it's course as he got to the west end of the hallway and opened the door into his new abode.

As soon as the door began to open, his eldest daughter Yeva darted out and soon ran to him. He grinned. "Woah there kid!"

"Dad! This place is amazing! It's Ginormous and there's two toilets, this huge bathtub, windows as tall as me, fancy walls, closet doors that slide," she reached over and demonstrated this "air tunnels, fancy floors, these hot metal things..." she was going full tilt as an impetuous seven year old could.

"...Well I know something it did not have...." he said as he cut her off "Aki! Grrrr!" He picked out a plush Akula from the box and loosed the stuffed sea creature on her without mercy. She burst out giggling with delight. A few seconds latter she collected Aki along with a few other things from the box.

"Now you can play for now, but you have to do it in your bedroom. Have you chosen one yet?"

"Yes I did!" She soon ran down the hall and pointed a door out. In their previous dwelling they all shared a bedroom that made up basically the entire upper storey.

"Does mom know this?"

"Yeah I told her." There was a pause from Yeva. "And thank you for making this place."

"You're welcome. But even so, I just keep the machines working at the factory and made sure the panels were properly made. There's a whole lot of people who put this place together."

"Yes dad. We're all part of the Great Machine and we can do together what none of us can do on our own. You still made it, even if others helped you."

"Well then you should thank the workers building more of these buildings." Anthropomorphism was a trait of humanity and it could badly skew how they viewed the world. When people saw something and wonder how it came to be, they preferred to imagine a human face as it's creator and ignore the hundreds or thousands of people who worked to bring it about. He loved his daughters dearly, but a little gentle correction needed. "Some of them are living in this building".

"Oh I will." She said slightly indignantly.

"And tell Raya that I have Miss Hatofski is here and the rest of the toys will be up here soon." He turned away to go down stairs for the other box.

Given his position as head Engineer at ULBSF-2 , Vitali was at the front of the line for a housing upgrade. As soon as the first prefab apartment buildings was completed he was assigned one of the double-sized three bedroom family flats. A much needed upgrade from the basic house they'd called home for the last few years, not that their old residence would go to waste. From what he heard the shack had already been reallocated. Lila was a bit uncertain about the place in general terms, but she changed her mind quickly enough once she'd taken a quick tour. It was further away from the factory, but a few steam buses had been set up and a trolley route was planned.

Despite the decor, the empty set of rooms felt oddly sterile. It would take some time to make this assemblage of prefab panels a home. Even so with heating, plumbing, a new gas stove, plenty of electrical outlets, ventilation and other conveniences it offered along with the view of other such buildings going up around it, it definately felt more civilized.

From the beginning...

Previous: Infrastructure: Part Three Hundred and Sixty Five

Next: Infrastructure: Part Three Hundred and Sixty Seven