“You have been unfailingly diligent and unfailingly taciturn. Work is a guarantee of solitude. Living a solitary life; you are able to let the regular rhythm of long hours of work followed by brief rest carry you through the days, with no time to fear the outer dark beyond the circle of light.”
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“Though it's now close to midnight, the wind is still heavy with heat.”
“The summer night is sultry, its hot fug of air dragging on your limbs.”
“Blanked out sentences that you had to fill with your imagination.”
“What a thing it is to be young, and be able to read such fine print without glasses.”
“What good is a suit of armor if I'm falling from such a great height?”
“You are standing in the streetlamp's cone of ashen light, looking out into the gathering dark.”
“The dream grows less cruel as you move closer to wakefulness.”