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Weekly Contest #368
There was a mole. Moles are an unfortunate downside to the intelligence industry, even more so when dealing with international intelligence. The CIA was usually very good at figuring out when there was a mole and who it was. We had a whole team devoted to mole hunting. Our colleagues hated us, but recognized that we were a necessary evil. Apart from the intercolleague animosity, there were a few other downsides to being on the mole hunt team. Every person I worked with was suspicious of me, and I of them. If someone said something a li...
Weekly Contest #363
Water fell aggressively from the sky, as it always did. The belligerent hum of rain was a constant backdrop as we mulled about, living our lives, a constant reminder of the danger always lurking around us. We were never supposed to get wet. We had been told from the moment we were born to always wear a raincoat, always carry an umbrella, and always always stay dry. We lived our lives scuttling as quickly as possible between buildings, constantly terrified that a single drop of rain would touch our skin. Every day at school our raincoats and...
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