The Distant Threshold

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The soup was thick. It sat in the black bowl, steaming, heavy with the scent of boiled turnip and bone. Thomas stared at it. The steam rose in lazy, gray ribbons. It did not smell like food. It smelled like the hospital. It smelled like the antiseptic that clung to his uniform. He was a sergeant. He wore the badge on his chest. It was cold iron. It pressed against his ribs. He lived in the...

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