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The hallway stretches before you, darkness creeping into the well-lit lobby as if testing the boundaries of its domain. Somewhere distant, a fuzzy scarlet glow cuts the murk from a side room, brightening as you and your classmates approach. You turn the corner and the confines of the passage fall away, the ceiling rising out of sight. Before you, sharply silhouetted by a strong red light, a still figure grasps a hanging rope in each hand, loops at the end holding his bare feet. Suspended, seemingly separate from the Earth, he is unaware of your approach; then, almost imperceptibly at first, he begins to sway, left and right, gaining speed and height with each pass. Dum de dum-dummm Back and forth. A faint vocalization pricks your ears. Dum de dummmmmm It’s familiar. The tune tickles a memory, but it escapes immediate definition. Dum de dum-dummmmm Ahhhh. Yes. There it is. Dum de dum, dum, dum This fool is singing the theme to Indiana Jones. A low chuckle rumbles through the watchers. His exaltation rises, seemingly without limit, when his energy is suddenly captured by a new sight. His swinging slows and stops and you follow his gaze to an apple on the floor. With painful caution, he lowers himself in his ropes until he hangs almost horizontal. Straining his neck, he bites at the apple, only to find it just out of reach. He tries again, and once more, to no avail. Gathering a surge of energy, he lunges at his quarry – only to knock it into the realm of the clearly unattainable. His eyes crinkle. His body sags in the ropes. He dangles, drained. Defeated. Prompt: Introduce Yourself. Discovery: You’re a different person every time you say “Hello.”
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