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Weekly Contest #357
I remember when we first saw each other, everyone walked past me, saying I was too old, that I looked dangerous or that I wouldn't be safe around their children. I lay my head back down watching indifferently as the crowd made their way to the others, when he approached. I expected him to pass me by too, but he didn't, he kneeled down in front of the cold bars that kept me trapped and studied me. Something was different about this human, it felt like he could see beyond the scars on my body, beyond the lie...
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