It was not a noisy wind but the kind that suggests something very big and thin fresh from the horror of Infinite Space.
The storm long past, the night sky was beset with stars. Pointing upward, I asked her to pick a point of light and stay with it. Standing up, I eased Sara to her feet. Whispering into her ear, I asked, __ave you ever stood under a star... and felt the earth move under your feet?_ - The Judas Syndrome
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The storm long past, the night sky was beset with stars. Pointing upward, I asked her to pick a point of light and stay with it. Standing up, I eased Sara to her feet. Whispering into her ear, I asked, __ave you ever stood under a star... and felt the earth move under your feet?_ - The Judas Syndrome
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