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Weekly Contest #232
When betrayed by everyone you cared about, when enchained by the same nature that created you, when maimed by what have once been your very feelings, there is nothing else to do but count. He counted the times he went to sleep since he kept the fire burning. He counted the times he woke up since he had seen any light, other than his own flames. He counted the times he thought about how happy he could have been if he had a normal life. He counted so much that numbers no longer had any meaning, but were the only thing that kept him sane. He co...
She woke up from a dreamless sleep naked in the snow. The blizzard whipped every part of her skin, but she was neither cold nor hurt. She felt like just some moments ago she had gone to sleep at the end of a summer day, but she didn't feel any confusion. She had been exhausted in her bed and was instantly transported in this condition, but she was not tired. Instead she felt more energetic and alive than ever, like she would never need to rest again, like she could endure weather infernally worst, like she had the strength to carry the weigh...
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