The Pale Path

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The Pale Path

The transfer order weighed exactly four ounces in your hand, a flimsy rectangle of bureaucratic promise that promised you a desk in the capital, a pension that would keep the damp out of your bones, and a life where the word *deserter* was not carved into your name in red ink. You stood at the gate of the detention center, the iron bars cold against your palm, counting the hours left until...

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