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Weekly Contest #294
There are sensitive themes: war, existential dread, sickness We 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 l...
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