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Submitted to Contest #58
This far North, you’d think I’d be grateful for the compound’s light and heat. You’d think its constantly running boilers and furnaces would be welcome, and that I would cherish my ability to stay inside during the long, dark winters. Of course, you’d think those things out of ignorance. The blissful ignorance of safety and not knowing what’s coming – what the compound is calling. To tell the truth, I don’t know much myself. A few first hand accounts, but mostly just the stories. Now, I know stories can be… exaggerated, but hearing them ...
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