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Submitted to Contest #323
THE SPIDERS AND THE SWORDYour sword has a smile.The warmth of the fire was distant, the embers fell like snow around the barren dirt ground. The sound of the hundreds of onlookers fell flat, eaten up by the dancing red and orange. Cold.I felt so cold.Bare feet sunk under the dirt like it was a sheet of snow, I ran my hands over the cool taut skin of my face. Corpse-like. I could see him across from me. Fifty meters, maybe more. He was pacing back and forth, sword resting in its sheath. I wondered if he was as nervous as I was. I wondered if ...
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