Deja vu is your brain catching up to you memory, a temporary paralysis of your thought process like the spinning wheel of your cursor when the file is too big.

But there are also scientists who believe in cell memory, that our genetic code made be written in such a way that a smell, or picture could bring back the memories of our ancestors.

Jim walked slowly through the field, whistling an unfamiliar strain that was a melodious car crash. Fantic rhythm, which frenzied tone.

When he came to solid oak in the pasture, lone except for a few stragly bushes, he parked himself in the shade. It was the first time he had been outside in over a decade. The air felt cool over his skin, the smell crisp like burning leaves. The sun hung low, but large enough to tickle the hairs on the back of his hands.

He felt released.

The room that had trapped him had been a quarter of quarter of a quarter of the stretch of land before him.

And then sighing, he picked up his satchel and headed on.

Waking up from a dream, he stared from the window and felt like he'd been there before.

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