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This is 2027, August the 8th, my boat arrives slowly floating on the Danube, to the Danube Island. This is night time probably after midnight. The darkness is perfect. Back in 2015 this city was hit by a devastating series of nuclear rockets, at the very beginning of the Big Quick War. I think no one survived that here. When I docked my boat under a wreck of a former autobahn bridge, some clapping and young woman's singing can be heard. I quickly and as carefully as possible get out of the boat and try to get close to the voices. I thought this must be a machine from the Old Technology's period. But to my surprise I see some real young woman dancing and clapping. They have dark gowns and they sit around a bonfire. This moment some of them spotted me hiding in the dark. Their voices get louder and louder. This whole scene, their reaction is very much like a flock monkeys. It seems they cannot speak like humans. To my defense I pull my flute and start playing the Blue Danube Waltz. It works, the kids line up and follow me. Nobody knows where we go, except me...

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