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The One Who Waits

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"I don’t move. I don’t do anything but wait. Overhead I see the cold stars of night and morning, and I see the sun. (...) I wait in cool silence and there will be a day when I no longer wait."

Excerpt from The One Who Waits by Ray Bradbury.
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HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAH nice!

I was playing Mega Man 3 a couple of days ago and I thought to myself how much I hate the Mets! These little bastards get me all the time! I've been playing mega man games since I was like seven years old, so I know what he's about. He's waiting. I know I can't shoot him till he pops. I know that when I get close enough, he's gonna explode into action, shooting one, two, three shots and sometimes running right at me. I know this, and what do I do? I shoot at him, and my bullets ricochet harmlessly off his inconceivably impervious hard hat. Sometimes I bum rush him impatiently, hoping to time my shot perfectly as I come barreling towards him, sometimes flying through the air in hopes of completing the pixel perfect near impossible jump that I must to proceed. All is lost when my shots are deflected like so many pebbles. Met says nothing as he knocks me back from his perch. My fingers tighten around my controller, my fate is sealed. Sometimes it is the SPIKES OF DOOM, sometimes its into the never ending bottomless pit I was so close to clearing. With his grim task complete, he disappears back underneath his helmet and waits. He waits for another day when he no longer has to wait.

XD