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Emotion 365: The Mesas Focused, the River Aware

Many layered rocks stack the mesas of Focused. From the windswept plateau, visitors gather to watch the sunrises and sunsets. They watch the wild horses run to the river Aware. 

“Most amazing!” says Miss Emeline. 

Rock climbers scale the sides. Scientists work in the rock laboratories sometimes peering out portholes in the rock. Artists colonies and writer’s dens inhabit the rock caves. Libraries lie within the stones. Volumes may be checked out one at a time for reading or read within the stone reading room where sun cascades through the glass rock. 

Visitors come to Focused to accomplish a task. They stay until it is complete. 

No one is permitted entry without purpose. They must apply and state the work they wish to do. 

Most leave Focused with a feeling of accomplishment (rarely despair because they wouldn’t be here if they weren’t going to get it done). 

Wild horses, and all manner of creatures, drink at the river Aware. Bats fly out of the caves of Aware at dusk and spin over the river and and dip in to drink. Adventurers launch boats made of wood here and ride down to the rapids. 

“I came here to feel alive,” G. Hipato says. 

Boats are made out of natural biodegradable materials. To ride these magnificent waters one must craft their own boat. Classes are devoted to it. Denizens spend months boat building to create a worthy craft. They share techniques and examine each others’ work as they go. Everyone’s concerned with the river Aware and its currents. 

“This is the best time to try the rapids,” the Guide says. “In two weeks it will be much too dangerous.”

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