The Distant Affair
The air tasted of iron. And wet wool. We stood in the center of the square. The lanterns swayed. A faint, sickly glow. It caught the rim of my service cap. I wore it tight. I needed the pressure. My hands were at my sides. Locked. The crowd was thick. A wall of faces. Some pale. Some red. I knew most of them. Not by name. By scent. By the way they shifted their weight. They waited for me to...
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