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Submitted to Contest #61
It’s early evening when the ship descends in a flickering beam of white fire, puncturing the cloudless purple sky to land just out of sight in Town. Normally the kid loves the sight of a landing ship, but today the hour is late. The Daylight has just dipped below the mountains, the Winter Dark is only seven hours away, and the kid has barely finished half their chores. They just know Father will have a word or two when he returns. But the wind from the Southern Plains and the warmth from the Lights had been seductive. How could anyon...
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