Yet, despite this, they could not get in, and could only hide here in the Rocky Mountains, seeking psychological comfort, praying that the conglomerates would not stand by and do nothing, and hoping that this extreme altitude would allow them to survive.
Sometimes, the distance between life and death is only a thousand meters of solid mountain rock.
Some refugees, arriving early and feeling fortunate, hid inside natural caves; others tightly hugged a giant boulder; still others bound themselves to trees, as if doing so would safely carry them through the descent of the gods.
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