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The automatons fooled John completely until he accidentally bumped one in the street. The apparent businessman teetered wildly and fell, shattering against the sidewalk like a man of glass. Well, John just had to push over the closest "person," a "teenage girl," who suffered the same fate. An hour and a baseball bat confirmed his wildest suspicions. He was the only human being left in the city. Also, all of the "food" on the shelves was simply empty packaging.

"Uh-oh," he said.