Your lucky stuffed animal, the one you were given on the day of the start. Once more. It just cannot stay where it belongs. What a faithful companion, with its glass eye twinkling in the dark, a comforting presence. Next to it are pictures, around te computer screen. Friends and family members. Eyes that have a lot to say. Warm and soothing eyes that you need more thane ver here, in the cold darkness of the middle of nowhere. The minds starts entering every image, creating stories about each of them. For a quick moment, you forget about the race, the tiredness, the stress.
