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Submitted to Contest #292
It always came at night. That night was no different in that respect. I had heard it lumbering around outside as the sun disappeared from the sky. The sound of scraping metal as it circled the house. I had always fought the urge to look directly at it, instead only catching glimpses of it in the shadows. If I focused, I could shuffle it to the back of my mind like a deck of cards, but those lonely hours - when night approached, and my mind was no longer engaged by work or meaningless check-ins with the few friends I ...
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