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Middle of a Story, end. [phosphate's challenge_

Scene is black again, silent. Lights begin to appear in distance.

NARRATOR : Every day a new story begins, another story ends, and millions of right in the middle.

More and more lights begin appearing. Lights fill the darkness.

NARRATOR : Different things happen to different people as they live their story, and different stories combine. 5 days, 23 hours, 47 minutes, and 6 seconds after the woman shown walked into the elevator, the man that held it open for her asked her on a date.

Another light appears.

NARRATOR : 2 years, 4 months, 17 days, 13 hours, 23 minutes, and 19 seconds after that time, the man proposes to the woman. She says yes 26 seconds later.

Another light appears.

NARRATOR : 1 year, 1 month, 4 days, 6 hours, 59 minutes, and 3 seconds later their first child is born.

The moon appears in the center of the dark circle, filling up most of it. The scene is the night sky.

NARRATOR : Life is really only a story, and you’re in the middle of it.

Fade to black.

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