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Lumen - a story

The day I met Lumen was a little dramatic. I was studying in the library as usual when I heard the announcement that a blizzard was on the way. It was only 3pm on a Thursday in February. I lived quite close to campus, so I though just a bit longer in the warm and cozy law school library would not hurt. When I left the library, it was already past 6, and the blizzard was half way through. It had totally changed the landscape, dumping feet of snow every where. Wind and snow slashed down, and it was impossible to tell where the roads were. On a good day, it took me about half a hour to get to school from my apartment. I was hungry and wanted badly to get back to my apartment. So I pressed on walking against the wind and snow. It was exhausting to walk in the knee deep snow with a heavy backpack. A couple of times I almost stepped into the road side drain ditch. There was not a soul on the road, no cars at all. From sky down the whole world was swirled with snow. I did not no...