“The main factors and influences which determine the course of a person’s life are often considered to be the material and social conditions into which they are born.” — Marshall Bryce-Sullivan PhD, Body, Mind and World, a new model of integration
After the text of the first draft that accompanied the original headings was lost, only some of the content relevant to the original headings or titles appeared in the present volume, but this did not detract from the fictional phenomena, as they were spontaneously renewed and expanded upon, and the current episodes with mostly different but similar titles started again from where the lost left off, whilst those parts of the original text which were retrievable were retained.
At a local market stall, Lakshmi (an aesthete) was compelled to pay well over the odds for what at first seemed like a purchase of no real significance but which had a certain something that was irresistible. Once a suitable place in the corner of her office had been found, L expected to quietly enjoy the decorative effect of the object, but no, its effect was far from merely frivolous or ornamental.
Narrative ended. It arrived at a natural close, the narrator brought it to a conclusion, or it was stopped by force. Narrative was finite by definition, so it always came to an end. To ensure it never began, the trick was to avoid describing organic or artificial forms as data. Otherwise, the end was revealed within the properties of the data.
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