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How long can you fall, before it feels like you are just floating?
There was nothing but void around him. He hadn’t seen the rest of Boatem since they fell down together. Just the inky black of the void, devoid of any sign of life. He missed his friends.
How long can you fall, before you just start to fly back up?
He… was pretty sure he was falling. But with everything around him looking the same, inky black and devoid of life, he could be floating in place just as likely. He missed his friends.
How long can you fall, before time becomes absolute?
It was a finicky thing with time in the void. He wasn’t able to track the sun or the too big, to strong, too close moon in the inky black devoid of life. He missed his friends.
How long can you fall, before ÿ̵͕̊̄̅͘ͅo̸͎͛ȗ̶̲͕̳͗̄͆ ̷̙̱̫͓̅s̷̜͎̞͙t̵͖̪͉̪͒ȧ̵̝̗̞̾̽͌̚͜ṛ̷̤̙̠͕̉̌͆͝ṱ̴̢͛̿̋ ̴̰̞̮͈͕̄̆t̸̜͔̝̠̔o̶̡͔͕̼̓͌͊̐ ̶̼̘̖̙̲̐̎̿͘l̷͓̜̆͐̆͘ő̶̧̦̉͐͝š̶͔͖̀ḛ̶̥̔̈́̓̈́͠ ̵̹͖͚̻̝̓͗͒ț̴̨̪͖̠͂̃r̸̼̮͌̄͊a̴̛̘͊̅͒̕c̸̗͝k̶͕͓͛͠ ̶̨̼̱̇̆̔̔ơ̸̼̺̘͌͛͘f̶̡̤̯͗ ̵͎͔̖̣̰̿̂̏͌̅t̵͎̖̀̿͂h̷̭̻͍̆͊͊̄͝i̷̱̤̗̕̕ņ̵̟̲̺̈́͗͂̽g̸͓͉̜̦̖͋s̵̮̼͆͠ͅ
How long can you fall, b̶̝̆͋̽́e̸͇̒͝f̴̣͓͍̏̊ŏ̸͙̌r̸̬̗̒͋̆́e̸̺̠̓̒̋ ̶̻̖̒ỷ̶̧͙̘̥̾͘ő̷͖̦̫̓̍̋u̷͎̙̯͔̔͛͆ ̵͔̹̗̦͒̇͊̊c̵̘̙͊̄͝ą̷͓̈́͊͒̽ͅǹ̷̢̤̇̀ ̴̻͇͕̋͑̐ņ̷̬̆͐͠͠o̷͖̲͑ ̶̡̛ļ̸̻͚͊͛̚ǫ̷̛̑͊n̶̡̡̖̅ͅg̵̛͙̗͚̗͊ḛ̶͍̮͈̈́r̷̯͐͆̓̕
H̶̖̻̏o̵̤̜̘̠̝̙͘ẉ̸̢͕̼̺̂ ̸̯̖͉͂̂̎͘̚ḷ̶̱̜̬͓̲͋̀̈̏̄ͅo̵̹̠̔̆͗̌ǹ̸̢̧͔͙̉̋͋̊g̴͍̺̽̓͊̇ ̸̖̳̩̖̠̟̦̓͌̄̓̈́͝c̵̢̛̠̙͕̬͔̑̉̐͗̐͜͝a̵̧͕͆͋̍͘n̸̦̦͕͉͗̆̿̈́̓ ̵̢̮̩̙̳̳̹́̋͌̿̈́̏̾y̶̟͔̣̞̏͂̎o̷̬̭̘̒͐͊͌̍͘͝ǘ̸̫͕̠̘͐́͗̒̐ ̵͇̋͘̚f̷͈̦̹͚͖̹̬͋̽͐̌a̸̡͉̘̠͊̊͝l̶͙̑̑͒͜l̸̩̠̮̬̈̾,̸̧͖̬̩̖̓͒̍̈͛̑͠ ̶̧̨̲͇̍͘b̷̪͚̘̲̻̮̓̑̉ë̸͎͖̞̓̓f̷̖̹̭͊̒̓͒͘ͅo̶̩̫̞͆̀r̷̗̣̯̉̈́̈̉́ḛ̶̓ ̸̯̱̼͝ė̶̗͖͇̜̫̀͘͠v̶̘̖̠͔̓̄̊̅̓e̷̱̩̱̱̫͂̊͌̆͜ͅr̸̛̗͈͋̑̈́̍͑͝ŷ̶̭͖̤̲͌̈́̕̕t̴̹̲̲͙̃͋h̶̯̍i̵͕̋́̋̑̒n̷̻̮͙͎̪͒́͗͝ğ̸̢̼͇ ̸̧̧͍̥̖̩̖́j̶͓͙͔̐͝ų̸̡̛̫͚̣͍̘̈̿̽̀̊͘ş̵̤̪̮͌̌̂t̵̺̪̠̟̗̊̈̎̕ ̵̖̩̟̬̋̐̾̎͐͠
H̷͖̭̾̀͊o̵̩͖̳͌͠w̴͉̒̓̊̀̊͗̌̎̚͠ ̴̳̬̙̹̅̆͠l̵̤̦͚̠͕̼͋̔o̶̡̭̠͖͚̼̩̐̌̓̋̋͛̒̐͠ͅͅn̷̛͚̬̦̝̮̝̪̻͚̼͓̆͛͂̅͒̀̂̋g̴̨̛̛̰͍̳͔̦͔͖̋̃͑̒̎̓̓͋̋̎ ̴̠̟̾̑̌͗͋͗͋̅͒̚ç̵̤̹͎̺͚͓̇́͌̍͝a̸̡̧̛̜̙̳̹͑̈́̀͒̓̈́̚͜n̸̢̳̮̰͐̍̔͑̆̇̐̎̍̈́̕ ̷̧̭̱̤̟̱̜͇̖̰͕̤͑̆̑̈̂̚y̶͎̰̔͝ỏ̴̢̲͚͈͙̌͆̆̒͊̍̿͋̍̿́͘u̴̡̙̱͈͚͙̯̞͙͖̘̞͗̋̎̽̑͘ ̸̨̥̔̊f̴̖̩͉̼͎̘͈̭͕͇̈̐̾͛̂̕͜à̷̡̳̼̭͎̜̭̄͗̽͊̎͂͝l̵̢͎͈̦͈̙̺̜̟̱̻͚̏̎͐͂l̶͉̟̠͉̀̚ ̴͚̅͊
H̷͖̭̾̀͊o̵̩͖̳͌͠w̴͉̒̓̊̀̊͗̌̎̚͠ ̴̳̬̙̹̅̆͠l̵̤̦͚̠͕̼͋̔o̶̡̭̠͖͚̼̩̐̌̓̋̋͛̒̐͠ͅͅn̷̛͚̬̦̝̮̝̪̻͚̼͓̆͛͂̅͒̀̂̋g̴̨̛̛̰͍̳͔̦͔͖̋̃͑̒̎̓̓͋̋̎ ̴̠̟̾̑̌͗͋͗͋̅͒̚ç̵̤̹͎̺͚͓̇́͌̍͝a̸̡̧̛̜̙̳̹͑̈́̀͒̓̈́̚͜n̸̢̳̮̰͐̍̔͑̆̇̐̎̍̈́̕ ̷̧̭̱̤̟̱̜͇̖̰͕̤͑̆̑̈̂̚y̶͎̰̔͝ỏ̴̢̲͚͈͙̌͆̆̒͊̍̿͋̍̿́͘u̴̡̙̱͈͚͙̯̞͙͖̘̞͗̋̎̽̑͘ ̸̨̥̔̊f̴̖̩͉̼͎̘͈̭͕͇̈̐̾͛̂̕͜à̷̡̳̼̭͎̜̭̄͗̽͊̎͂͝l̵̢͎͈̦͈̙̺̜̟̱̻͚̏̎͐͂l̶͉̟̠͉̀̚ ̴͚̅͊
H̵̢̝͙̼̻͈̗͈̼̞̙̻̗̮͈͓̹̄̀͂͋̌̃̆͗̀̋̍̇͐̃͐̌͜͜͝͠ͅͅō̸͎̫͈̟͕͇̜̰̣͍̦̝͙̺̺̠̺̰̰̝̠̺̯̬͙̟̪̮̲͈̅w̵̨̨̨̡̨̱̱̪̮̮̥̦̠͈̳͇͇͉̹̦̦̪̠̦̙̬̓̿́̓̐̔̽̎̐̑̔̚ ̶̛̙͚͗̔̓̿̃̊̾͑̊̃̍̋̋̒̑͂́̄̕͝ļ̸̲͚̰̼͙̲̼̺̤̠̦̰̰̝͎̘͙̰͕̱̼̻͙̖͕̠̖̊͐̊̌̃̎̍̋̈̏̄̑̋͂̑͂̾̊͒̄͊̂͋͛̂̕͘ǫ̵̩͈͙̪͉̺͇̯̦͖͎͉͇̟̀́̈͆͝ͅͅņ̶̧͖̹̳̰͔̱̺̺̖͓̰̓͒̾͗͗̉͂̀̃͛̾̽̽͝g̵̢̺̟͙̱͙̥̮̯̫̿̆̍̓͗̈́̃̒̔͐̋̈́̓̊̀̉̕͘͝ ̵̨̢̧̨̢̡̛̹͚̟̘̬̦͔̖̻̖̤̹̱͚͔̣̖̠̠̦̻̰̠̽͂̏̓̍͋̏͊̿͂̅̉͛͒̕ͅͅc̵̢̨̛̖̲̱͔̲͉̙̲͉̥̘̪͓͍̻̠̬̝̠͍̜̬̭̻̦̠͙̓͑̈́̎͒͜͝a̵͕͇̦̞͙̦̲̤͙̪͇̮͛̉̿̾͌̃̐̉͠n̷̡̡̧̜͈̟͉͉̥͈̜͚͖͎͚̟͈̫̼̻̠͗͛̐̋̌͛̇̾̑͝͠ ̸̡̬̬̳̠͒̓̾͗̅͒̂͋̐̒̄͗̋̒̀̉̂̅̓̈́̌͐̄͠ÿ̵̢̢̗̟̖̹̠͕̣̭̻͕͕͙̱̯̱̭̺̰́̊̃̀̔̍̋̚͝ǫ̸̨̢̨̜̼̖̹̙̩̲̘̠̣̗̹̪̼̭̣̯̰̖͈̙̏͒̒̀̓̂̂͆͑̎̉͊̈́ͅų̵̢̝̣͇̫̮͓̘͖̼͈̩̗̰͓̳̠̭̗̞̹͕̲̘̯̝͓̒̽͋̄̀̋̒͂̑̅͑͊̓̑́̃̚͘͠͝ ̷̫̭͈̼̬͙̹̥̦͚͍̦̩̟̑͊̾̚ͅf̵̢̢̨̧̼̲̹̺̦̙̠͔̱͕͎̰̳̜͈̪̜͈̞̣̾̓͂͆͊͜a̶̬̝͇̣̝͖͕̪̩̺͕̻͖̹̯̾̈̅͐̈́̋͜͜l̴̢̩̟̣̭̙͙̫̲̼̖̯̺̏͐͐͒͌̾̃̉̈̏̈́͐́͆̎̔̀̈́̌͐̉̎̽͛͌̋̚͝͠͠l̴̨̢̨̢̛͔̟̣̟̯͈͈͎͙̍̈̇́̔̅̈́͜͜͝͠
ǹ̸̨̢̛̜̺̱̝͚̪̙̘̣̳̭̙̖͔̥̼̤̙̙͒̑̉̓̌͑̒̀͋̔̊̈͂̉̎̓̎̚̚͠͠k̶̰̗̝͔̬̗̪̭͙̦̻̣̮̘͚͈͎͚͙͓̙̹̦̜͖̖͉̣͉̯̄͗͒̐͛̄́̋̅͂̃̐̂̊̐͗͌͜͝ỵ̵͚̦͔͚̪̺̔͜ ̸̮̰̓b̶̢͎̙̳̼͔͎̦̫̮̊̆͊̓̌͜͝l̸͔͉̰͙͌̃̍͑̈̏͑̏̂͘͝a̶̧̧̛̛̮͈͈̣̺̼̣͈̟͎̤̣̦̪̭̘̎͂̐́̀̌̓̿͋̄͜͝ͅͅc̷̡̢̨̮̥͓̗̹͈̭͍͖̥̜͔̼̗̦̞͔͂̏̾̅͑̇͐͑̅̾̎̇̿͛̚͝ͅͅķ̵̨̡̢͚̣͈̬̫̘̬͉̯͖͓̘̖̲̬͓̠̰̪͓͌͂̈̆͆́̆͊̈̂̇͊̈̇͂̊̀́͊̚͘̕͠͝͠.̵̨͔̺̱͔͈͇̙͚̯͆̈́͌̃̓̈́͌̏́̏̓́́̈́̑̎̐̑͗͌̈́̾̋̕̚ ̴̧̡̧̨͇͖̯̝͓̘̗̬͍̩̪̘͕̥̫͖̳̣̰͖̭̯̦̔̏̆̉͌̋͆̑͛̀͌̕͝͠͠D̵̡̨̡̧̛̫̱̲̙̥͔̩̞͚̟̩͖̲͙̺͚͔̰̫̝̙͇̖̳̦̎̀̈̉͠ͅę̴̢͖̝̜̙̱͓́v̴͕̲̻̩̭̯̮̼̣͗̎̊̒̊̕̚o̵̺͕̤̬̞͔͚͈͙̭̞͕͖̰̫̹͉̜̪̯̱̣̖͌̒͗͐̈́͗̇̅̑̃̅̾̾͗̈́̄͊̐̏̾͘̚͜͝į̷̹͓̫̠̫̫͉̬̪̣̤͚͎̂̌̂̑̑̆̊̌́̽͗̆͘͝͝d̷̡͔̦̼̺̫̙̠̘͚̗͂̈͌̌̏̋͋̄̅͋̽̒̌̚ͅͅ ̵̛̞̯̤̙͎̣̭̋̅̅̈́̓̑̃͗͛͗͘ǫ̷̨̧̧̼̯̫̼̙̬̯̬͌͜͜͝ͅͅf̷̢̰̭̠̰̻̗͎̭̠̐͒̋͑̌͐̈́̆̔͆͂͋̎̐̔͊͒̓̒͂̂̅̚͠͝͝͠ͅ ̶͍͎͖̟̲̈́́͗̓̓͝l̸̨̧̧̟̝̟̼̟͍̹͓̠͇̬̱̓̇̈̆̓̃͛͐̚͠ĩ̷̠̦̪̳̗̪̜̪̤̄͜͜f̵̛̲͙̰̳̲̙̟͔̦̦̮̜̯͖̳͔̱̦̰͚̂̉̋͊̊̀̏͆̉̊͑̿̀̑͛̀̐̂̏͘̕͜͜e̵̢̪̘͔͚̤̫̱̹̠̰̥̖̲̲̳̣̮̓̂̀̒̄͌͋̌̊
ǹ̸̨̢̛̜̺̱̝͚̪̙̘̣̳̭̙̖͔̥̼̤̙̙͒̑̉̓̌͑̒̀͋̔̊̈͂̉̎̓̎̚̚͠͠k̶̰̗̝͔̬̗̪̭͙̦̻̣̮̘͚͈͎͚͙͓̙̹̦̜͖̖͉̣͉̯̄͗͒̐͛̄́̋̅͂̃̐̂̊̐͗͌͜͝ỵ̵͚̦͔͚̪̺̔͜ ̸̮̰̓b̶̢͎̙̳̼͔͎̦̫̮̊̆͊̓̌͜͝l̸͔͉̰͙͌̃̍͑̈̏͑̏̂͘͝a̶̧̧̛̛̮͈͈̣̺̼̣͈̟͎̤̣̦̪̭̘̎͂̐́̀̌̓̿͋̄͜͝ͅͅc̷̡̢̨̮̥͓̗̹͈̭͍͖̥̜͔̼̗̦̞͔͂̏̾̅͑̇͐͑̅̾̎̇̿͛̚͝ͅͅķ̵̨̡̢͚̣͈̬̫̘̬͉̯͖͓̘̖̲̬͓̠̰̪͓͌͂̈̆͆́̆͊̈̂̇͊̈̇͂̊̀́͊̚͘̕͠͝͠.̵̨͔̺̱͔͈͇̙͚̯͆̈́͌̃̓̈́͌̏́̏̓́́̈́̑̎̐̑͗͌̈́̾̋̕̚ ̴̧̡̧̨͇͖̯̝͓̘̗̬͍̩̪̘͕̥̫͖̳̣̰͖̭̯̦̔̏̆̉͌̋͆̑͛̀͌̕͝͠͠D̵̡̨̡̧̛̫̱̲̙̥͔̩̞͚̟̩͖̲͙̺͚͔̰̫̝̙͇̖̳̦̎̀̈̉͠ͅę̴̢͖̝̜̙̱͓́v̴͕̲̻̩̭̯̮̼̣͗̎̊̒̊̕̚o̵̺͕̤̬̞͔͚͈͙̭̞͕͖̰̫̹͉̜̪̯̱̣̖͌̒͗͐̈́͗̇̅̑̃̅̾̾͗̈́̄͊̐̏̾͘̚͜͝į̷̹͓̫̠̫̫͉̬̪̣̤͚͎̂̌̂̑̑̆̊̌́̽͗̆͘͝͝d̷̡͔̦̼̺̫̙̠̘͚̗͂̈͌̌̏̋͋̄̅͋̽̒̌̚ͅͅ ̵̛̞̯̤̙͎̣̭̋̅̅̈́̓̑̃͗͛͗͘ǫ̷̨̧̧̼̯̫̼̙̬̯̬͌͜͜͝ͅͅf̷̢̰̭̠̰̻̗͎̭̠̐͒̋͑̌͐̈́̆̔͆͂͋̎̐̔͊͒̓̒͂̂̅̚͠͝͝͠ͅ ̶͍͎͖̟̲̈́́͗̓̓͝l̸̨̧̧̟̝̟̼̟͍̹͓̠͇̬̱̓̇̈̆̓̃͛͐̚͠ĩ̷̠̦̪̳̗̪̜̪̤̄͜͜f̵̛̲͙̰̳̲̙̟͔̦̦̮̜̯͖̳͔̱̦̰͚̂̉̋͊̊̀̏͆̉̊͑̿̀̑͛̀̐̂̏͘̕͜͜e̵̢̪̘͔͚̤̫̱̹̠̰̥̖̲̲̳̣̮̓̂̀̒̄͌͋̌̊
Ȉ̴̡̙̆̄̂̿͠͝n̴̯͍̝̔͌͒̽͠k̸̖̼̟̻͈̳͖͆͗y̸̖̰̑͜ ̸̨̣͖̺͔̳̱͙̽̽̾̏b̸̢̨̛̭̘̘̱̱̔̍̇͑͜l̸͍̆́̍̆a̵͙̤͊̍̈͒̇͆̕͠c̸̢̦̝̱͓̳͌͋̊̅̂͗k̵̢̪̟̋͆̔̂͆̊̀͘.̴̡̨͈͕̯̱͙͆̐̅̏̆͊̎̓͝ ̸̥͍͚̥̬̟̒̕͠Ḓ̵̰̀͋͒̚e̸̹̰̺̋v̷͇̠͈̦̎͋̊̐̉͛͒̏̚o̴̡͙͓̬̻͉̖̺̒̆̊͜i̸̠̱̖͇̲̻̋̒̂̅̋̕̚ḑ̶̙̫͍͊̋͂̂̃͝͝ ̴̛̩̤̆̈́̐͆̀̐͝ǫ̸̻̙͖̮̤̝͚͂̿̋̐̾̌͐̚͝f̶̡̧̛̳̹̱̝̝̪͇̅̄͛͛̆̚ ̴̦̖̊̍̀͒̊̕̕͠l̵̼̘̯̥̯̺̂̓̇i̶̯̫̠̯̍͜͝f̷̱͙̭͐̓̔͆͆͌̾̍̚ͅe̴̡̛̓̅̑͊̃̽.̸̨͎̬̟̯̝̓̅͊̈̕͠͝
n̸̢̮̭̻̚k̷̠̍̊̕͝y̶̰̫̰͕͌̍͛͝ ̷̞̏̐b̵͖̮̋͐ͅl̴͍͚̓̓͘ả̶̦̍̈c̸̛̰̹̫k̶͔̬̭̆̈͝.̵̗͈̮͛̋͒͜͝ ̶͓̞͍͚̓D̴͓͉͎́̊̂̒e̴̪̳͕͌͘͜v̸̧̺̗̓o̷̘̝̝͆̑̈̕į̷̖̦̘͌͝d̶̰̬͆͌ ̸̘̮͍̝͊ō̶̧̦̫̻f̴̛̺̭̥̹̓ ̶̹̩̋l̷̞̼̎ḭ̸̱̬͍̐͆f̴̼͕̋ę̸͇̭͒̅ͅ.̶͔̫͑͆ͅ
Inky Black. Devoid of life.
He missed his friends.