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It is a peculiar trait of mine that in times of distress and in situations that seem to have no possible favorable outcome I act rashly and without reason. IT IS A PECULIAR TRAIT OF MINE THAT IN TIMES OF DISTRESS AND IN SITUATIONS THAT SEEM TO HAVE NO POSSIBLE FAVORABLE OUTCOME I ACT RASHLY AND WITHOUT REASON
ted to force it open, but to no avail. Neither could it be picked. And even if it had, it would have done me no good, for there were at least two guards always stationed at the foot of the stairs, and many more between them and the temple entrance, and even if, by some miraculous intervention, I made it that far, that left me stranded conspicuously in the center of Nunami. My only hope was to escape from the island completely, for I would be found soon enough by the cooperating inhabitants if I remained upon their own lands. The land across the sea then entered my mind, and its degenerate inhabitants, but that was across a wide channel that would be hard to cross even if I had infinite time, freedom, and materials to make a boat which would withstand the waves, and I had none of the three. What little hope I had, then, was out of reach, lost to me like the golden days of the past. It was then that I was overcome by despondency, the hopelessness of my situation weighing my spirits down. N TO THE DOOR AND ATTEMPTED TO FORCE IT OPEN BUT TO NO AVAIL NEITHER COULD IT BE PICKED AND EVEN IF IT HAD IT WOULD HAVE DONE ME NO GOOD FOR THERE WERE AT LEAST TWO GUARDS ALWAYS STATIONED AT THE FLOOR OF THE STAIRS AND MANY MORE BETWEEN THEM AND THE TEMPLE ENTRANCE AND EVEN IF BY SOME MIRACULOUS INTERVENTION I MADE IT THAT FAR THAT LEFT ME STRANDED CONSPICUOUSLY IN THE CENTRE OF NEWMI MY ONLY HOPE WAS TO ESCAPE FROM THE ISLAND COMPLETELY FOR I WOULD BE FOUND SOON ENOUGH BY THE CO OPERATING INHABITANTS IF I REMAINED UPON THEIR OWN HANDS THE LAND ACROSS THE SEA THEN ENTERED MY MIND AND ITS DEGENERATE INHABITANTS BUT THAT WAS ACROSS A WIDE CHANNEL THAT WOULD BE HARD TO CROSS EVEN IF I HAD INFINITE TIME FREEDOM AND MATERIALS TO MAKE A BOAT WHICH WOULD WITHSTAND THE WAVES AND I HAD NONE OF THE THREE WHAT LITTLE HOPE I HAD THEN WAS OUT OF REACH LOST TO ME LIKE THE GOLDEN DAYS OF THE PAST IT WAS THEN THAT I WAS OVERCOME BY DESPONDENCY THE HOPELESSNESS OF MY SITUATION WEIGHING MY SPIRITS DOWN
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