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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 368Please respect copyright.PENANARtHSbsgr5I
heavy in her own skin. Each step sent aches up into her worn body but she368Please respect copyright.PENANAQAPWDjdtsc
pushed on and on.
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could see everything. Behind her: the city sleeping, only a few lights marking 368Please respect copyright.PENANALIVn6hVYod
its existence in the darkness. Ahead: the water alive, churning, full of both 368Please respect copyright.PENANAw6oXiB7dEB
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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was a quiet acceptance. The air was stolen from her lungs, and upon impact, they were368Please respect copyright.PENANA6GOmF1l8W7
filled with water. The salt had her gagging, gulping in more water, and she felt the 368Please respect copyright.PENANAoB5hK8yWwH
coldness of it as it made its way down. Her whole body ached more than she thought 368Please respect copyright.PENANAohqPSMaY75
possible, and all sense of direction was gone. There was no up or down, only blackness.
Were promises all made to be broken? Before she could really ponder this, she sunk further 368Please respect copyright.PENANAGSHhbDJVvP
into the deep and stopped fighting.368Please respect copyright.PENANAw3HgBhmMlE
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