Paradise Regained

The sleigh, empty of its precious gifts, glides quickly towards the future.

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Forward with heads bowed
The ship drove fast, loud roared the blast,
The southward aye we fled.

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Beneath the ice the answers lie—for them, for her, for you.

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Come on, keep up—don't lag behind.

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Dear betrayer, have you claimed the gold you were promised?

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Let's just be grateful that there are no traffic police in Antarctica.

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No, not a coronal mass ejection—just an unexpected firework.

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We hope someone found joy in the ride, even if just for a moment.

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The introspective wields the blade of defiance, while the defiant veils herself in introspection.

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Instinct, faith, and a turn of fate—that's all it takes to succeed.

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It's always darkest before the dawn.

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All is prepared. We are but a single step from a successful experiment.

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Down, down, descend the stair,
Step down, I say, to the devil's lair.

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They shared it all—warmth in cold, cool in heat. But now, there is something she holds alone.

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The mad often speak the truth.

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I strain my eyes into the abyss, but darkness is all I see.

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All she wants, is to stand in the light forever

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Goodbye, Máhtu.

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Poor soul, so eager for salvation—where will you go now?

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Go and seek the Golden Fleece. In the land of endless peace.

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Blood and tears become one, as she weeps in the dark.

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When, with blood, the disordered threads are soothed, fate shall reclaim what was once eschewed.

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The flood of time will take us all, but pray, let me find my own stream.

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Go to the other ferry, back to the mouth of the River Tiber.

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On the never-ending relentless march through time, the future will come again.

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