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Submitted to Contest #285
Carballo’s motor alloy shrieked again, empty of brai. However, in The Mountain, where all traces of mankind had disappeared, and where all flora and fauna had taken back their primal status, even metallic junk was as coveted as gold once was. This fact made Loren and Carballo perceive themselves as little more than exotic, extravagant, and unique beings, though there was no other being to which boast about such singularity: the winged rats rose in flight as soon as they spotted them; the Canis lupus barked or bit them (especially the latter)...
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