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Weekly Contest #340
The woman caught a train in El Paso. It rained sideways as she waited on the platform, so she spent several minutes patting herself dry and wrapping up in her throw blanket. She made sure to secure a window seat so she could look out at the arid, ocher landscape and count the cacti she spotted. She closed her eyes a moment after settling in. She was often tired, especially after visiting her wailing, sugar-drunk grandchildren. When she opened her eyes, there was a young woman, maybe twenty, seated opposite her, diagonally. She had brown s...
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