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Submitted to Contest #253
The relentless thrumming of the city had become a forgotten memory. Here, on the sunbaked savanna, the only music was the rhythmic rasp of wind through tall grasses and the mournful cry of a lone fish eagle circling overhead. Amina dug her toes deeper into the cool, ochre sand, the scent of sun-warmed earth filling her senses. Beside her, Kwesi stretched with a sigh, his face turned towards the relentless sun. They had been wanderers for years, ever since the Great Drought had choked the land, leaving behind skeletal trees and parched earth....
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