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Submitted to Contest #316
The quiet streets stretched out like a shadow of Chicago itself, long and endless, stretching beyond where the eye could follow. The lamps hummed, faint halos spilling against cracked pavement, yet the silence was heavier than the city had any right to hold. I walked with an older man whose presence weighed more than the darkness around us. He had a white beard, his steps steady and unhurried, his face unfamiliar, yet there was a tug in my chest, a recognition I couldn’t name. He was a stranger, but at the same time, I felt as if I had known...
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