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I thought I would meet a wall, but I fell through the air past where a wall would be, then hit the ground with a thud that shook my teeth and sent pain searing through my shoulder.
“Bryant!” Elizabeth screamed.
Coughing, I rolled onto my back, and found a dim streetlight hanging right over my head.
“Are you okay?” Elizabeth helped me sit up. Her face was pale and terrified as I reached up to touch my own with the arm that I could move to make sure everything was in the right place.
Devon appeared in front of me. “That was crazy, dude.”
“I said we had a very brief window.” Eric stepped next to him.
“Well, maybe you should have been a little clearer on why it was so brief!” Devon spun around, clenching his fists. “We’re not some puppets you get to play with. We break, asshole!”
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