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Mandy Morris's avatar

That final line—“The phone rings”—feels less like a sound and more like a summons. After all the drifting between salt air and city glass, between history and decay, it is the moment when the world interrupts the soul’s wandering.

We’re left with the question every ring carries: do we answer, or do we let it echo into the silence?

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Nick Borodinov's avatar

That’s the big thing - people have departed from Seattle to find their fortunes, but it’s was the city that thrived off of that. Maybe, staying in the city is a smart thing to do

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Mandy Morris's avatar

That’s fascinating—how the dream can take more from you than it gives back. And how often that proves true in life beyond the story.

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Nick Borodinov's avatar

A guy mining for gold has a 5% chance to fulfill his dream to become rich. A guy who sells him the equipment doesn’t follow any dreams but gets paid 100% of the time.

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