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[yeah-thats-a-shame]

Don't blink he tells himself. For he is afraid that if he closes his eyes, even for a second, the serenity of the night will dissipate.

yeah-thats-a-shame

[paisleydawn]

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Max hesitated. For several seconds he could take in nothing, feel nothing. Brain function appeared to have ceased while eye looked and looked and saw everything yet comprehended none of it. No concrete. That fact finally impinged on Max’s stunned senses. Buildings, yes, roads even, but no man made .. substances? No signs, no .. now into overdrive he realised that the differences were huge. The sky, it was still there but different, so very different. Blue, yes still blue but as if a filter had been put over his eyes. Blue with depth, blue with texture. Tilting his head to one side to see better, Max contemplated the Blue. Clouds. There weren’t any. No clouds.