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The wind was calm and the flying, though strenuous from lack of sight, was without turbulence. THE WIND WAS CALM AND THE FLYING THOUGH STRENUOUS FROM LACK OF SIGHT WAS WITHOUT TURBULENCE
g, at that time, an area of very high tensions. The situation was grim, as any small incident promised to set the pendulums of war into motion, but the worst had subsided, and things were beginning to look as if that incendiary incident wouldn't come after all. The main part of my story begins on a cloudy night of what was to me just a few weeks back, though it seems like many ages ago now, and indeed, it was. I was flying over an area that was littered with small volcanic islands, the type that rise above or fall below sea level continually, so that what one year is above water is later below. Some of them have even been known to only rise above the waves for a short time, and then vanish from the sea completely, worn down by wind and waves. The night was murky, and the air was thick with water and dust, the result being that there was no natural light whatsoever, and any artificial light that could be mustered was largely reduced to nothing, visibility being no more than twenty feet. OAST OF CHINA IT BEING AT THAT TIME AN AREA OF VERY HIGH TENSIONS THE SITUATION WAS GRIM AS ANY SMALL INCIDENT PROMISED TO SET THE PENDULUMS OF WAR INTO MOTION BUT THE WORST HAD SUBSIDED AND THINGS WERE BEGINNING TO LOOK AS IF THAT INCENDIARY INCIDENT WOULDN'T COME AFTER ALL THE MAIN PART OF MY STORY BEGINS ON A CLOUDY NIGHT OF WHAT WAS TO ME JUST A FEW WEEKS BACK THOUGH IT SEEMS LIKE MANY AGES AGO NOW AND INDEED IT WAS I WAS FLYING OVER AN AREA THAT WAS LITTERED WITH SMALL VOLCANIC ISLANDS THE TYPES THAT RISE ABOVE OR FALL BELOW SEA LEVEL CONTINUALLY SO THAT WHAT ONE YEAR IS ABOVE WATER IS LATER BELOW SOME OF THEM HAVE EVEN BEEN KNOWN TO ONLY RISE ABOVE THE WAVES FOR A SHORT TIME AND THEN VANISH FROM THE SEA COMPLETELY WORN DOWN BY WIND AND WAVES THE NIGHT WAS MURKY AND THE AIR WAS THICK WITH WATER AND DUST THE RESULT BEING THAT THERE WAS NO NATURAL LIGHT WHATSOEVER AND ANY ARTIFICIAL LIGHT THAT COULD BE MUSTERED WAS LARGELY REDUCED TO NOTHING VISIBILITY BEING NO MORE THAN TWENTY FEET
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