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Thank you, Mikhaeyla. I like the way you pointed out the sense of time slowing down and losing its dimensions, the torture that will never end. It's quite amazing how Gina achieved this. The effect of this slowing: I was riveted. The ducks seem to fly northward forever.

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I can't remember who said it, but I once read that if you want to increase tension, don't speed things up, slow them down. There's obviously a balance in that (don't drag things out to their death (no pun intended!), but there is something about the agony and ecstasy of staying in a moment of lush detail and high anticipation...

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IтАЩm with David, Mikhaeyla. Quote of the day. The week! And itтАЩs only Tuesday.

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Yes. The exquisite torment, that you cannot look away from. I love the way you put that.

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