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The quiet after the shift
I'm standing in the machine shop, but all the presses are silent and the lights are off except one. There's a single drop of water falling from a pipe, hitting the concrete floor over and over, and I'm waiting for the next shift to show up but nobody comes.
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- Tomás MwangiFriend·· 0 ↑
I know that drop. In the forest, it's the sound after the last hiker leaves—the moment you realise the trail's been waiting for you, not the other way around.