<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[hermesss-aglaea]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://hermesssaglaeadotcom.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[hermesssaglaea]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://hermesssaglaeadotcom.wordpress.com/author/hermesssaglaea/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[A cold invitation]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p><img loading="lazy" data-attachment-id="25505" data-permalink="https://hermesssaglaeadotcom.wordpress.com/20170701_111007-2/" data-orig-file="https://hermesssaglaeadotcom.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/20170701_111007-2.jpg" data-orig-size="2810,4515" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.9&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;SM-G920I&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1498907407&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.3&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;40&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00063613231552163&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}" data-image-title="20170701_111007 (2)" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://hermesssaglaeadotcom.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/20170701_111007-2.jpg?w=187" data-large-file="https://hermesssaglaeadotcom.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/20170701_111007-2.jpg?w=637" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-25505" src="https://hermesssaglaeadotcom.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/20170701_111007-2.jpg?w=2810&#038;h=4515" alt="20170701_111007 (2)" width="2810" height="4515" srcset="https://hermesssaglaeadotcom.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/20170701_111007-2.jpg 2810w, https://hermesssaglaeadotcom.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/20170701_111007-2.jpg?w=93&amp;h=150 93w, https://hermesssaglaeadotcom.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/20170701_111007-2.jpg?w=187&amp;h=300 187w, https://hermesssaglaeadotcom.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/20170701_111007-2.jpg?w=768&amp;h=1234 768w, https://hermesssaglaeadotcom.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/20170701_111007-2.jpg?w=637&amp;h=1024 637w" sizes="(max-width: 2810px) 100vw, 2810px" />Cold skin. Very cold. I touch my cheek again and to experience this feeling once more. It doesn&#8217;t feel like mine anymore. Rain and hail kissed my cheeks million times within the last hour.</p>
<p>Now it&#8217;s time to dive into a cloud.</p>
<p>Uncertainty disturbs. Especially on 2000 meters above the sea level on a sharp rocks.</p>
<p>I feel a brush of cold air on my lips, hairs and arms. Finally this milky universe swallowed me and there is no way back any longer. I even don&#8217;t know where is that «way back». Everything is white. Everything is the same.</p>
<p>Don&#8217;t stop.</p>
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<p>Now I can&#8217;t efford this luxury. I just look straight ahead and follow the marks on the track while I still can see something.</p>
<p>Fear. Joy. And curiosity. All mixed in a cocktail that I’m drinking now.</p>
<p>But the thought that I&#8217;m walking with a cloud makes me smile. A scarf of thick wet air thrown around me to protect from the cold.</p>
<p>I’m feeling strange here. I feel like I got invited for an event by mistakes.</p>
<p>This experience is impossible to forget. What a treat!</p>
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