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Submitted to Contest #318
Lottie boards the connecting flight without expecting much. She never does. Planes are just machines in the sky, cramped seats and recycled air and hours of trying not to elbow the stranger next to you. She tells himself she’ll nap, maybe read a little, maybe scribble some notes in the margin of the article he stuffed into her bag, but nothing exciting ever happens on flights. That’s the rule.She shuffles through the line at check-in, clutching her boarding pass like it’s going to sprout wings and fly away if she loosens her grip. She tries ...
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