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Weekly Contest #237
Since the beginning, Elio had been the perfect son. He had been born in the town, he wasn't able to see things on the outside progress. He was told what he was told and he listened. He didn't leave the border, he got good grades, he didn't drink or smoke or cause trouble. His mother told him the Sugar Rush Virus had started in the sugar- that's why nothing was sweet the way it used to be, not that he would know. He was glad he hadn't seen a live one- an infected- never in person. Projectors in school showed them clear as day, but it wasn'...
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