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Hugh was once again alone.
 
Hugh was once again alone.
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== Chapter 2: Baby Steps ==
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== Chapter 2: Learning the Ropes ==
    
As time passed, Hugh slowly became acclimated to a strange but pleasant way of life.  All day he sat on a shelf in the small room, dimly lit by the red glow of the computer screen and a weak string of Christmas lights. At night, the humans would come in to work, instantly transforming the place into a world of lights, noise, excitement, and chatter. Hugh soon learned that the humans were university students, part of a group that built space toys and occasionally launched them. At first he couldn't fathom why the students were so happy to stay up all night, buzzed on chocolate covered coffee beans, manufacturing their strange equipment, and chatting about the growing piles of papers and psets that they weren't going to complete. Hugh concluded that their school life must be so incredibly boring that the whine of a Dremel was some small consolation to them.
 
As time passed, Hugh slowly became acclimated to a strange but pleasant way of life.  All day he sat on a shelf in the small room, dimly lit by the red glow of the computer screen and a weak string of Christmas lights. At night, the humans would come in to work, instantly transforming the place into a world of lights, noise, excitement, and chatter. Hugh soon learned that the humans were university students, part of a group that built space toys and occasionally launched them. At first he couldn't fathom why the students were so happy to stay up all night, buzzed on chocolate covered coffee beans, manufacturing their strange equipment, and chatting about the growing piles of papers and psets that they weren't going to complete. Hugh concluded that their school life must be so incredibly boring that the whine of a Dremel was some small consolation to them.
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