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This was one of my favourite topics of the round, I liked how it loosely alluded to what was happening in the image without dictating the way the topic had to go, it helped give a scenario of sorts to place the reader firmly at a starting point but which could lend itself to world building and character development etc so that many ideas could be drawn from the one image. I think you tapped into that and utilised it to your imagery based visuals, the opening section was very important in that sense as the reader is plonked straight into the scene - the crowded yet desolate couplet off bat did very well in that context as Ullr has noted. This reminded me somewhat of a piece by Certain describing a train journey (and a female stranger he encounters on the subway) if I can find a link I’ll share it also out of interest. The imagery and wording were the standouts, but I dug the conclusion also as we came to a close. Good work, Adverse. Apologies for the no show.