If you could hold a moment, would you hold it forever?
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Everyone regrets it as soon as they make a leap; not necessarily because they don't want to die, but just because now they're facing the scary part. It could take a long time 'til they make contact from super high up.
It's a tentacled mass of ever-changing proto-flesh and temporary mouths screaming the song of Ragnarok, except for the ninth mouth, which is forever stitched up with the stolen sinews of Zeus.