First person in That Eye, the Sky 4: Increasing the tension

Waiting for news

I can hear a car

The first snippet uses a handful of short sentences to create a sense of rushing, someone grasping for an answer.

Wait... wait on... I can hear a car. No, it was someone passing. Someone leaving the city.

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Breaking it down

Hey hey hey... who’s that… Someone is riding towards us. No, it’s an old man. Carrying groceries on his handlebars.

There! I hear a bridle clinking. Wait, it’s from behind the house. It’s only the horses nosing in the stable.

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