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gm. Please take a number.

The first zero looked lonely.
So I added another.

Zero

Received
Zero seated at a small desk, signing a sheet of paper with a pale yellow pen.

It begins with one.

  1. One1
  2. Ten10
  3. Hundred100
  4. Thousand1,000
  5. Ten thousand10,000
  6. Hundred thousand100,000
  7. Million1,000,000
  8. Ten million10,000,000
  9. Hundred million100,000,000
  10. Billion1,000,000,000
  11. Ten billion10,000,000,000
  12. Hundred billion100,000,000,000
  13. Trillion1,000,000,000,000
  14. Ten trillion10,000,000,000,000
  15. Hundred trillion100,000,000,000,000
  16. Quadrillion1,000,000,000,000,000

One. And fifteen very good colleagues.

Too many zeros.

An enormous number. An ordinary desk.

Every digit is a door.
Knock on a zero.

Draw a zero. Wobbly is the house style.

A place for your peculiar idea.

Still here.

The light is still on.

gm. The desk is open again.

When a receipt becomes too long, open another door.

Find the One. Take your time. The clock will not.

Some of us were here early.
You have probably been cc'd.


Amount dueGood company


We saved you a chair.

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ReceivedWith thanks

Next, please.

Your number 000 000 000 000 000

Clerk 000 rests a hand on the spare chair beside the desk.