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    It's 1992, and Steve is far from Hawkins, running. Afraid and alone with his only friend, Ozzy—a beautiful golden retriever, he manages to find someone he thought he'd never see again. Only to be deceived, breaking all laws of physics and the universe, yet had been given a gift at the exact time.

     

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    He did not feel bound to life anymore. He did not feel bound to gravity, despite the inevitable falling. And especially, he did not feel bound to time. Ticking of clocks—they were everywhere—were all of different speeds, pitches, colours and auras. Nothing mattered.

    This was not the upside down, no. Eddie was right. Steve had managed to exist in all three tenses.

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