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by cl0ckt0wer 120 days ago
The second sentence from a creative writing prompt:

Valerius stood four meters tall—roughly thirteen feet. He was not merely a Space Marine; he was a biological singularity.

I'm surprised they still have the emdash and "not x, but y" quirks

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distillation is a hell of a drug