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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 she457Please respect copyright.PENANAKdGwWgarYV
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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coldness of it as it made its way down. Her whole body ached more than she thought 457Please respect copyright.PENANA1vHAoL9BoU
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.457Please respect copyright.PENANAJQYOWA07MO
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