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Weekly Contest #232
Don’t leave the light. Don’t pay attention to the noises. Chances are, they’re harmless. Most of them, anyway. Don’t turn around. If you have to turn around, do so for no more than three seconds. It’s been three hours. It feels like days. When you spend all your time staring into a flame, a funny thing happens. You begin to go blind. Your sight is so consumed by the flickering dance of light and heat that all else seems to fade into blackness. It doesn't help that all else actually is blackness. Don’t leave the light. And if you look...
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