The Faded Shield

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The Faded Shield

The soup was cold. It sat in the dented tin can, a gray sludge of barley and root, trembling in the wind that whipped through the torn canvas of our tent. I looked at it. I looked at Thomas. He was asleep, or pretending to be. His face was a map of exhaustion, lines etched deep by the rain and the fear that never left us. "Thomas," I said. My voice was rough. A scratch of gravel. He didn't...

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