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In general, flowers don't score well, but I like this orchid, so I thought I'd share.
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Very nice, Julianne - I like how the cascading petals form a natural frame around the rest of the bloom. I also like how you're not killing me with super-super-sharpness, here. :)
She awoke slowly, her vision blurred, her senses dulled. As things became more clear, she glanced around her. She tried to move her arms, then legs, but nothing was there. Try as she might the limbs that were once as much a part of her as anything wouldn't respond. It was then that she glanced down. She blinked. A part of her could not, would not, believe what she was seeing, but slowly the realization dawned. It was a reflection, and she... was not she anymore.
Pippi Longstocking closed her eyes and laughed. It was a new life, in a new form, and really it was all she could do.
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