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and it does. It did. The sun
has gone dark, extinguished
slowly, as | watched from my
comfortable distance.

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The sun could never really go out, it wouldn't.

What was | to do anyway’? If | were to attempt
to halt the snuffing out of my sun, | would be
forced to get closer. That was far too great a
risk, the flames could easily torch me. | knew |
could no t live without that heat.

It would never cease; it couldn't, it wouldnt.
| need not worry.

No. The sun will never go out, it cannot.

| am safest here, | assured myself, just close
enough to absorb the warmth | crave, but not
so close as to take the chance of harming my
own fragile atmosphere. The sun knows | need
it, it will never go out, | chanted again and
again, making a delusion my mantra. It knew |
could not show any of my colours, not a single
iridescent flash of the turquoise ocean, without
its light, didn’t it? It Knows, it won’t go out, it
won't.

| am safest here, | assured myself, just close
enough to absorb the warmth | crave, but not
so close as to take the chance of harming
my own fragile atmosphere. The sun knows

| need it, it will never go out, | chanted again
and again, making a delusion my mantra.

It Knew | could not show any of my colours,
not a single iridescent flash of the turquoise
ocean, without its light, didn’t it? It knows, it
won't go out, it won't.

No, | won't seek a remedy for what ails me.
Instead I'll keep it safe, bubbling behind my
black eyes.

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