The Inspiration:
A story:
She thought if she stared at the horizon long enough she would see the cliffs of the land she left.
Foolish, she chided herself, yet continued to stare.
“Are you going to continue to lurk behind me or finally speak?”
“Mistress, I merely wait in fullness. When you wish to continue your journey, I will guide you.”
She turned, brows furrowed, “All I wish is to return, even as I know I cannot. My journey has surely ended.”
He said nothing, not a raised eyebrow nor lip corner.
He reached up and set the wheel in motion. “You are wrong.”
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Now, your turn.
Her eyeglasses dangled loosely from her hand as she pinched the skin between her eyes, her brow furrowed with fatigue. “What it is this time, Dane?”
“You know we can’t keep these RPMs up for much longer. It was never designed for this!”
This was not new information. “I am aware. And?”
He bristled at her tone. “AND…some throughput is better than none! At these speeds ANY failure will be catastrophic! You have to tell the council that we…”
She barely had time to register a deep, sudden rumbling through the soles of her shoes before the first shockwave hit.
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“Big money! Big money!”
<sad sound effect>
“Ohhh, bankrupt! So sorry, Liz. You’ll have to give back that trip to the Bahamas. Chuck, your turn, give it a spin.”
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