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[[ A figure wakes up to an apparition hovering over their bed. ]]
Apparition: OOOOOOOOOOOOooooo
Figure: A ghost!?
Apparition: I bring a
cautionary vision
of things to come!
Apparition: This is the future:
[[ Two people are standing between a pair of houses. There is a tree. An airplane flies past. ]]
Apparition: And
this
is the future if you give up the fight over the word "literally":
[[ Two people are standing between a pair of houses. There is a tree. An airplane flies past. The cynical might suggest the panel is copy pasted.
[[ Back to the figure in bed. ]]
Figure: They looked exactly the same.
Apparition: OOOOOOOOOOOooooo
Figure: Ok, I get it.
Apparition: Seriously, this is
duuuuumb
.
{{Title text: But then the Ghost of Subjunctive Past showed up and told me to stay strong on 'if it were'.}}
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