Dusk lingered on the shore of the tiny island in that dimension of endless black, marked by blue smoke ribbons high in the sky. This place intimidated him. It was more than the lack of light, or the nothingness. He was accustomed to looking across an expansive ocean, but there, the horizon was only a few miles away. Here, it seemed infinitely far off. As if…there were no curvature to the sea on this side. As if he weren’t standing on a planet, but an infinitely flat plane. That unyielding darkness whispered, This is where you stop. Go back to your little room in your big city. Go back to your
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