> How far are we from the gap that brought us here?
> Keep running towards it regardless.
> And brush those memories aside as hard as possible concentrate on the moment we have to survive your life is on the life yakumo.
>Some hundreds of yards yet.
>You keep running, trying to avoid tripping over the roots in the ground. Behind you, you can hear something large crashing to the ground.
>You stare at the letter on your desk. So much work, only for that bastard to swoop in and steal it. You can't even be angry anymore, you got what you wanted, more or less. Gensokyo is a free land, and a recognized member of the United Nations, even! Even the Soviets were being supportive of the newly formed state! But in the end, no one will remember it was your work. It will all go to Governor Scarlet now, who usurped your movement, neatly taking your place as its leader and making the final push toward recognition. Still, you believed you could beat him in the following election, but your supporters were no longer just yours. And now...he wants you to assist him. For the dozenth time, you consider just how to tell him what he can do with his offer, and for the dozenth time you stay your hand. Can you really say no? Can you afford to just drift and find something new, now that you've lost? Can Ran afford it?
>You shake your head, trying to clear your thoughts. You're partway up the corridor now. You think you might actually be outrunning the purple light! Or perhaps it is harder to see here, you don't have time to find out.
> It's not jusT us, either. We have to get back and save Mary!
>You keep going, up the corridor, doing your best to ignore the deafening crashes behind you. You crest the hill and keep running.
>The borders here feel somewhat less unstable, as you get closer and closer to the gap. Soon, perhaps, you may be able to open a proper gap!
>_