His fingers advance over the edge of the rock face and his eyes follow like obedient slaves. Just that--nothing else is visible. He blinks twice and disappears.
Gollum.
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Interesting.
ReplyDeleteI like that he relies on touch and not sight. I do not think that is a common choice.
When you can't see because it's so very dark, it makes sense to go by touch.
ReplyDeleteYes, but I find my eyes still go first when I cannot see.
ReplyDeleteMaybe I am the strange one:
Maybe we should all sing Hello Darkness My Old Friend.
ReplyDeleteThat's a song?
ReplyDeleteAlso, at least with Gollum, I'm rather sure he started with straining his eyes to see in the dark and then stopped and went by touch. He was in the Misty Mountains a long, long time.
It's all very metaphorical.
By Simon and Garfunkel.
ReplyDeleteOh, I've heard of them. Now to see if it's on YouTube.
ReplyDeleteOh, I've heard the song. I just didn't know it by what you called it. (Yay! Not as stupid as I was feeling!)
DeleteSorry yes. Sound of Silence.
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