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Tick-tack-tick-tack.. Time…. Everyone...  Everything was getting into a rush. Intense warmth swirled onto the corners and onto the surface of the little room. Blood started to burn in my face. It flowed down to my feet, stinging like the pricks of a thousand needles. I’d been sitting still for a long time. I stared at the empty space across the room, surprised to see the shaft of the sharp light coming from the outside world. It almost blinded me. I shook my head in disgust and went back to concentrate on the few papers on my hand. My heart shuddered as I threw a quick glance on the clock hanging just behind Mr. Greene. “