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Submitted to Contest #92
In a world fueled by the resentment of everything humane, battle was a religion. Kindness was a damnation and violence was glorious. ----------------- The rising sun was an explosion in the sky, splattering its orange hues across the horizon. He sat atop a raised golden stage, an offering to the gods, a deity. The girl kneeling in front of me on the dusty sand, raised her head in utter challenge. Defiance. I yanked her hair upwards so that her placid face was pointed at the sky. She kept her eyes fixed on the smear of col...
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