Influx Exodus

The Ones began to wiggle as the Eights continued to protrude through the expanding mesh. A nearby Eight made it completely through the mesh and pulled it's other One through. The meshwork contracted slightly around the One as it passed, relaxing the grip on the neighboring Eights that began to popping through in response.

Revealing their extra Ones as they entered the soup, the influx of One-Eight-Ones began to distance me from the meshwork. Another wave of Ones began to protrude, and one of the larger openings was sporting an Eleven as the meshwork continued to expand. There was only a brief pause as the Eights crossed the meshwork, releasing the next wave of One-Eight-Ones into the local soup.

A new flow was beginning in the soup, and I was working hard to keep position. Scanning into one of the holes, I spotted an old and familiar meshwork that was unaffected as it passed below the openings. The unique structure that veiled high concentrations of Eights was quite unmistakable as it passed, only to be followed by the outflow of an even larger number of One-Eight-Ones.