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Submitted to Contest #307
If you can’t take it, you don’t have what it takes. As the runners lined up, Ersha got a good look at the Edifier’s face; stern, resolute, his chin lifted above them all. The forest loomed head, dark, unwelcoming, and on either side of Ersha, her classmates shifted in place, bracing their muscles, minds and magic. Carla caught Ersha’s eye and winked. Carla had taken to picking on her all year and Ersha had spent just as long ignoring her. It was a high stakes race and Ersha couldn’t afford distractions.The Edifier himself never once returned...
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