Uploaded November 2012 | Updated September 2026, 3 hours ago

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Today, like every other day, waves gently lap at the shore near your tiny village.

The twin blessings of warm sun and bounteous waters afford a simple but pleasant life. Nets are cast and chores completed; friends and families gather to laugh and talk around the fire.

So it has always been, and so it will always be...of this, you are certain.

Until the afternoon grows late, and you hear the rush of wingbeats...