"The choice lay out for me. Stay on land or plunge into the icy depths of the sea. I always chose the sea."

Memory, Choice, Adventure, Risk, Emotion

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"The choice lay out for me. Stay on land or plunge into the icy depths of the sea. I always chose the sea."

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"His heat warmed her, even as her insides turned to ice."

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"Once upon a time, he might've chased her and tumbled her in the sheets with the promise of more in the future."

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"Aggression like this demanded slinging the first punch in a bar brawl, firing rounds at a range, or setting a car on fire."

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"My hands trembled, so I took a deep drag to calm my frayed nerves. I just wanted to forget that terrible sight, but questions multiplied in my mind as the smoke furled."

Anxiety

"Whatever crimes this man had committed, they weren't as egregious as his inflated self - image."

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"My dad had always said to not trust something unless it's taken a tumble in the dirt. He'd meant it for people, and for things. Shiny and new didn't exist for humankind any more."

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"Ice upon ice, and yet, inside, she melted and mourned all the same."

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"The water glittered under the moon's careful watch, and, in the distance, steeples cut stark black silhouettes into the landscape of the distant city."

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