I walked past Richard and Grimes. Bryce and Harvey looked at me curiously. The wind began to blow furiously around me, as if it had realized what I was about to do, even though I had not. You have to understand, you see, this wasn’t a choice. I hadn’t weighed the options; I hadn’t considered the practicalities; I hadn’t reached a logical conclusion. What happened next was not because of my own volition, not because I had found some hidden well of courage and determination. It happened because… Well, I can’t tell you exactly why it happened. Perhaps it happened only because I let it happen. I
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