The Faded Root

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The Faded Root

The mud was not wet; it was alive, a thick, sucking paste that held the boot and pulled at the ankle with the tenacity of a leech. I pinned the man down. He was small, wiry, his uniform torn to ribbons, his face a mask of grey filth and terror. I knew the weight of a man who runs. I knew the specific rhythm of a heartbeat that has betrayed its body. I struck him once, hard across the jaw, to...

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