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Cool.
I like the story because of the context. The protagonist is in a situation where he has no option but to repeat an action and hope.

One of my faves was John Mortimer's introduction to his autobiography, in which he explained the title of his book. I can't find the exact quote, but it's along the lines of this: I had a conversation with an old sailor and he told me that he couldn't swim. Never could and wouldn't learn. Why? Because when a ship went down, those that could swim did - striking out however far away the shore looked. But in the end the survivors were those who stayed with the ship, those Clinging to the Wreckage.

And he knew that had to be the title of his book, as it was how he had lived his life.

Although in fact it wasn't true. He was exceptionally intelligent, worked very hard and had a rich and rewarding life because of it. His success might have had a right place, right time flavour on occasion, but it was never due to inertia.