The Faded Portrait

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The bread is hard. You strike it against the stone table until it cracks. The shards fly like broken teeth. You eat. The taste is ash and memory. You are the shield-bearer. You are the hand that holds the line. Your name is irrelevant to the scribes. It matters only to her. You left her in the village square. She stood there. She did not cry. She watched the dust settle on your boots. The war...

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