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Weekly Contest #39
~INTRO~ Sweat slicks up my hair and dirt blankets the extreme burns on my face. My lips are chapped and bloody, and my tongue isn’t even damp anymore. The past few months have been a matter of staying alive and nothing will stop me from resisting the heat. I know that I have to stop soon. If I don’t eat something, my starvation will be more dangerous than the reason I’m running in the first place. There are no longer leaves and underbrush under my feet, only ashes and bits of burned leaves. I know I have to find a place that isn’t scorched ...
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