This feeling of lessening disturbance, coming from within myself, unexpected, was profoundly disturbing. As I sat still, growing less and less alarmed by the situation, I knew that I had to move fast, as fast and as far as I could within this small, cramped house.

Alexandra Kleeman
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I felt that my movements were restricted by the small house that we were sitting in. The room was only big enough to hold two people and as such, it felt like I was moving at a snail’s pace. It was like the space within the house was getting smaller and smaller as time went on, and as such I had to move as fast as possible to escape this confined space. If I didn’t move fast enough, I would be trapped and die.

Source: Intimations: Stories

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