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It wasn't until dusk that he climbed stiffly out of the cockpit, his hands and feet numb. He crossed the airfield in the dark and followed the barely visible asphalt runway toward the dormitory, his steps unsteady. Behind Lin, in the vast, shadowy spaces, engines continued to roar and bombs to explode, mingling with all the other sounds of human life. They went on building and swelling, unconsciously pressing in on him, as if they would never end.