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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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heavy in her own skin. Each step sent aches up into her worn body but she361Please respect copyright.PENANAGqbQG7FfrM
pushed on and on.
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an aware presence and a crushing solitude.
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and pitched downward.
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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.361Please respect copyright.PENANAzEDRsTY9dp
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