| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Land that Time Forgot by Edgar Rice Burroughs: and our speed quickly lessened. Then I saw what that madman of
a skipper planned since his first scheme had gone wrong.
With a loud-yelled command, he leaped to the slippery deck of the
submersible, and at his heels came his hardy crew. I sprang from
the pilot-house and followed, not to be left out in the cold when
it came to strafing the boches. From the engine room companionway
came the engineer and stockers, and together we leaped after the
balance of the crew and into the hand-to-hand fight that was
covering the wet deck with red blood. Beside me came Nobs, silent
now, and grim. Germans were emerging from the open hatch to take
part in the battle on deck. At first the pistols cracked amidst
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from At the Earth's Core by Edgar Rice Burroughs: beneath the waters and devour you! It is frightful.
But they did not come, and at last I came to the conclusion
that I was indeed alone within the temple. How long I
should be alone was the next question to assail me as I
swam frantically about once more in search of a means
to escape.
Several times I called to Ja, but he must have left
after I tumbled into the tank, for I received no response
to my cries. Doubtless he had felt as certain of my doom
when he saw me topple from our hiding place as I had,
and lest he too should be discovered, had hastened from
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Rewards and Fairies by Rudyard Kipling: which he has followed you since the stars went out. "Aarh!" he
"Wurr-aarh!" he says.' (Norton Pit gave back the growl like
a pack of real wolves.) 'Then he is on your right shoulder feeling
for the vein in your neck, and - perhaps your sheep run on
without you. To fight The Beast is nothing, but to be despised by
The Beast when he fights you - that is like his teeth in the heart!
Old One, why is it that men desire so greatly, and can do so little?'
'I do not know. Did you desire so much?' said Puck.
'I desired to master The Beast. It is not right that The Beast
should master man. But my people were afraid. Even, my
Mother, the Priestess, was afraid when I told her what I desired.
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