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Weekly Contest #66
“It doesn’t count if you’re already planning your defeat.” Those were the last words my mother had said before she died. At the time, I had thought she was saying it to herself, telling herself not to accept defeat even as she was cut down by the enemy. Now I am not so sure. Perhaps she was saying it to me too? “Commander Geonoff!” Someone yells as they barge into my tent. It is my first officer, Efrem Goulde. “They’re mounting an attack from the South!” Snatching my helmet from the table beside me, I pulled it over my head, tucking m...
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