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A camera around his neck, Lin was [i]there[/i] again, amongst the lost things, of which he quietly counted himself a part of.
[center][h3][color=black]He [sub]felt[/sub] [sub][sub]washed,[/sub][/sub] [sub]then[/sub] folded [sup]-[/sup]
 
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- like an old pair of jeans. Was he clothed [color=#FFFF9D]this time? Yes, thankfully. He[/color] would need to wrap himself in thin [color=#FFFF83]threads of sanity to endure the[/color] seams of [b]r e  a   l    i     t      y[/b] [color=#FFFF69]stretching. Lin was worn out, it was as if[/color] he were a subject in a [color=#FFFF4E]photograph that was being passed around. His[/color] life was a series [color=#FFFF34]of stills viewed in fast succession and now he was[/color] there again, [color=#FFFF1A]The Room.[/color]

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[color=#FFFFB8]Lin lifted the room, as if it could be held[/color] in his hands, framing it within [color=#FFFF9D]the viewfinder of his camera.[/color] It fixed perfectly into place and he [color=#FFFF83]snapped a photograph.[/color] The flash bleached the room causing the [color=#FFFF69]perpetually[/color] dangling string to freeze for a fleeting moment. Lin held the [color=#FFFF4E]film[/color] and gave it a slight, absent shake but it wouldn’t develop. Instead, [color=#FFFF34]it[/color] disintegrated into thin fibres and settled amongst the grime.

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[color=#FFFFB8]A king should dress the part. Lin grabbed the[/color] upholstered chair but it resisted his grip, unexpectedly heavy with dampness. He swivelled it into [color=#FFFF9D]the sunlight, where it seemed to cough[/color] under the strain. He moved quickly, pulling the book from the red robe then wrapping it around his [color=#FFFF83]shoulders. He sat down and[/color] crossed his leg over the other, despite the chair itself protesting beneath him. Lens flare caught his face as he [color=#FFFF69]opened the book,[/color] raising a hand into the light. Lin stirred the speckles, drawing them into motion before casting it all outward toward the silent [color=#FFFF4E]instruments.[/color] Let them perform, he thought. 
[center][h3]Let [sub]the[/sub] [sub][sub]dust[/sub][/sub] [sub]bunnies[/sub] rise [sup]for[/sup] [sup][sup]his[/sup][/sup] [sup]coronation.[/sup][/h3][/center]

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