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A line from Jeff Vandermeer’s novel, Annihilation<\/em><\/a>:<\/p>\n

Perhaps my only real expertise, my only talent, is to endure beyond the endurable. (182)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Said the protagonist, a biologist. More context would spoil it. But the line on its own, that and more from Area X sped time during yesterday afternoon’s eternal AT&T internet repair appointment window, only that the technician showed up to hi and bye with “outside lines are not my thing, I’m sorry to tell you.”<\/p>\n

I have one more line (and its paragraph) from the novel to share–about initiation, footing, leading steps. Tomorrow. Or in a few months. At this site’s timescale, could be who knows when.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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