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Submitted to Contest #23
The first thing I saw when I opened my eyes was the small window that looked out on the narrow street and the building opposite. Nyra was leaning forward, watching me with wide eyes, as if waiting, curious, which she was. She’d never had a friend like me before. And I’ll never have a friend like her again. She looked at me with her big brown eyes and I looked back at her with my small blue ones. CURIOUS. After 12.059 seconds she blinked and said, rather unsurely, “Uh, hi. I’m Nyra.” I knew who she was before she told me. We know ...
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