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We are behind you. We are beneath you.
Did you look?
We are rising up over you.
Let it consume your flaws and your fears and your doubts.
It's time to take a leap of faith.
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The night was fading; the tide was beckoning. She trudged onward, feeling 454Please respect copyright.PENANARD8pO568DV
heavy in her own skin. Each step sent aches up into her worn body but she454Please respect copyright.PENANAwc5jdlFPkr
pushed on and on.
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could see everything. Behind her: the city sleeping, only a few lights marking 454Please respect copyright.PENANAEfvf2D4YAG
its existence in the darkness. Ahead: the water alive, churning, full of both 454Please respect copyright.PENANAwQIsrFWrV5
an aware presence and a crushing solitude.
Craning her head to get a better view, she leaned forward -
and pitched downward.
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coldness of it as it made its way down. Her whole body ached more than she thought 454Please respect copyright.PENANAnPI5KtNz9F
possible, and all sense of direction was gone. There was no up or down, only blackness.
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into the deep and stopped fighting.454Please respect copyright.PENANAV2CuoHBLXo
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