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May 27, 2005

The Eschatologist: The Speed of Emotion

He reached across the black seas, past winds that raced to hurl themselves against the shores of Earth, past the shining silver sails glistening in the magnetic breeze. And then further he went, crashing against the heliopause and then, just as quickly beyond old Tycho's remnant.

He felt their pain, whoever they were. Cries of suffering interrupted his sleep and every waking moment; a tragic echo between nebulae and dark matter. I am coming, he called out, just hold on a moment longer. Finally, at the speed of emotion, he broke through, plunging into Andromeda with tears in his eyes.

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