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Weekly Contest #294
There are sensitive themes: war, existential dread, sicknessWe were just kids when the regime in our country, Zanaria, changed. Suddenly, the sky felt heavy on our shoulders. One-third of the fit men were sent on ships to work in the mines on the East Side of the Old Land.I was thirteen, watching birds fly through the smoke of the factories where weapons were crafted. They wanted to escape. I felt scared most of the time. Days came and went, and everyone was waiting for the war to start.My mother assured me we would be okay, but when I looke...
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