The Distant Machine
The wind screamed through the hollows of the pines. It was a sound like tearing silk. A long, wet tear. Elias stood on the ridge. His boots sank into the damp earth. The mud clung to his shins. It was thick. It was black. It smelled of rot and rain. He was twelve years old. He was small for his age. His shoulders were narrow. They trembled. Not from cold. From fear. Below him lay the town of...
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