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Submitted to Contest #56
I'm lost without a compass.Not literally, of course. I couldn't have possibly reached Deep Desert City if I hadn't had a compass.I'm a cargo man now, and I spend my days unloading cargo (what else could it be?) for the Dao family, who sell and ship food and other necessities to the Deep Desert City, the epicenter of the Ra-eai Empire. And so it goes.The compass part refers to me. On the inside. Above me, riders backed on Hephaestus - large slippery creatures - ride freely. They know where they're going. Next June, they'll arrive in Dour...
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