Posts Tagged: compassion
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Gaia and Sealey spoke for ten minutes. Julia remained a few steps away, drawing the man in her notebook. When she looked at him again, he was younger and his back was straight. As she got closer, Gaia was
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Julia recognized the man from the pastry shop. His nose was the same, his mouth was the same mouth, the lines on his cheeks and around his eyes were the same. She moved closer to him, he spoke with a
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Julia recognized the man from the pastry shop. His nose was the same, his mouth was the same mouth, the lines on his cheeks and around his eyes were the same. She moved closer to him, he spoke with a
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One early morning of January, still dark outside, as if she was telling a secret, Emma woke up Kristen, who was four at the time, and whispered. We are leaving. Where are we going? We are moving. When? Now.
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One early morning of January, still dark outside, as if she was telling a secret, Emma woke up Kristen, who was four at the time, and whispered. We are leaving. Where are we going? We are moving. When? Now.
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March, 1927. Thirty-three hundred bridges are in use in Helobiae. All other bridges are submerged. 1050-1400. The forests progressively expand to all contiguous land.
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March, 1927. Thirty-three hundred bridges are in use in Helobiae. All other bridges are submerged. 1050-1400. The forests progressively expand to all contiguous land.
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When the water level receded, it was construction time all over again. The underwater city, abandoned for a century, was rediscovered. Bridges, terraces, whole buildings were repaired. People moved from areas close to the forest to the inner parts of the
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A bouquet of daisies was floating on the water in Calle degli Oleari, a school of silver fish crossed her as she grabbed the flowers. The water reached Julia’s waist there.
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A bouquet of daisies was floating on the water in Calle degli Oleari, a school of silver fish crossed her as she grabbed the flowers. The water reached Julia’s waist there.
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Clotheslines as flags over the city. Every building a construction site. Every terrace the pavement of a new floor. Every windowsill the starting point for colored clotheslines where shirts, pants and sheets shared space with shoes (tied by their
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May, 1339. The first bridge in Helobiae is built, connecting the Island of Ostrich and the Island of Wind. Before time. The first artificial island city in history, Mu, is built in the Pacific Ocean, on stone and coral fill
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As the water level raised, it became harder to keep things dry. People built above existing buildings, one floor at a time, allowing those who lived at the lower floors to move to the newer additions, strengthening the construction above
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