The Pale Exile

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The Pale Exile

The sky tore open like wet paper. You stood in the square. The rain was not water. It was ash. It fell in grey sheets, cold and gritty, coating your eyelashes, your lips, your skin. It tasted of burnt wood and old iron. Around you, the people did not run. They stood still. They watched the sky die. You held the box. It was small. Wooden. Unpainted. It sat in your hands like a sleeping bird....

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