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Submitted to Contest #326
Ash was falling from the sky again. Evan absently brushed his hands through his salt and pepper hair, although he knew ash would continue to dust the city through his entire walk to work. This was a side effect of the new factory, the Better Future Facility. “This city’s new BFF,” Mayor Hurst had joked when he was sworn into office. Besides the artificial snow, the city had never been cleaner since Mayor Hurst took the city by storm. This was one of his many promises; to clean the streets of Oren of any and all dirt and scum. This included...
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