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Isabelle Stone

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Submitted to Contest #82

Code 848 - All citizens are to remain in their homes. Dangerous fugitives are on the run. I sit among them. The kitchen table is as old and derelict as the farmhouse we are in. Paint peels off the surface, the edges are chipped and the tea filled mug in my hand is scratched and stained. The tea is no doubt used to disguise the taste of what I detect to be rainwater. I recall intel that suggests these people believe the water to be contaminated by the government. I sip tentatively, though I do not require such sustenance. Do...

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