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Langley's voice ricocheted off the ancient stone arches, returning not as sound, but as something deeper—denser. It was no longer merely his voice. It was something bruised. A residue. A wound that bled memory rather than blood. Guilt, perhaps, disguised as resonance.8964 copyright protection51PENANAmceelHFLkT 維尼
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He closed his eyes and spoke quietly, as if confiding in the void itself.8964 copyright protection51PENANAP9tXcYwHpC 維尼
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"What if what we hear... is rejecting us?"8964 copyright protection51PENANAS6zTCFr22L 維尼
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The question left his lips not as a thought, but as a confession—delayed, defeated, and already anticipating silence in response.8964 copyright protection51PENANAJa5HTEoc2V 維尼
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Bagwell didn't stop walking, but the pace of his steps slowed.8964 copyright protection51PENANAUQn3fyuV8m 維尼
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His eyes weren't fixed on anything around them.8964 copyright protection51PENANAcCjR1mYvuS 維尼
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They seemed to peer inward, burrowing into something unspeakable.8964 copyright protection51PENANAtXsKFUq46s 維尼
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When he finally replied, his voice was low and final—like the closing of a vault door:8964 copyright protection51PENANA37WodYHu1K 維尼
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"Then we're in the right place."8964 copyright protection51PENANAAxLfaVzFex 維尼
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Langley said nothing.8964 copyright protection51PENANA48u9yMkeds 維尼
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He looked down at the fractured stones beneath their feet—at the web of hairline cracks that seemed to stretch like veins across the bones of the city.8964 copyright protection51PENANAwIrTcOpdn8 維尼
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"Do the paths to that place... remain open?" he murmured, more to the broken earth than to Bagwell.8964 copyright protection51PENANAl5WXa3dvnk 維尼
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The older man didn't answer immediately.8964 copyright protection51PENANAm8UphiMiBQ 維尼
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Instead, he retrieved a cigarette, spun it between his fingers like a ritual, but made no move to light it.8964 copyright protection51PENANAwy1IO1Uwdw 維尼
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"Dockmen don't build roads," he said finally.8964 copyright protection51PENANAhMItYnJaRw 維尼
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"They lock them."8964 copyright protection51PENANAB23YNCss1H 維尼
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Then, turning to Langley with the faintest flicker of recognition in his eyes, he added:8964 copyright protection51PENANAhdtSAsVnpH 維尼
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"We can go forward. But there's no going back."8964 copyright protection51PENANAD9lrHmkpuw 維尼
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Langley raised his head. This time, his voice held no uncertainty.8964 copyright protection51PENANA3AnUMEgpLm 維尼
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"There's nothing left to go back to."8964 copyright protection51PENANASrS7tADnNl 維尼
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Bagwell's shoulders relaxed, not in relief, but with the quiet resignation of a man who had just acknowledged something unchangeable.8964 copyright protection51PENANAcX8dcF2jzV 維尼
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He didn't avert his gaze, but his breath caught—just for a moment.8964 copyright protection51PENANAf4Uyv0oc49 維尼
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"Some voices will be silenced tonight," he said, barely above a whisper.8964 copyright protection51PENANADWVFlwgRmV 維尼
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"But the bargaining isn't over. Not yet. Not while knowledge is currency... and flesh is leverage. And the Dockmen..."8964 copyright protection51PENANAM1Ijy3N14M 維尼
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He took a step closer.8964 copyright protection51PENANAOGUbRpgOkv 維尼
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"...they still have you on a leash."8964 copyright protection51PENANA9NTUtxOR0e 維尼
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They began to walk, though neither of them truly led.8964 copyright protection51PENANAoMeK3DHNzu 維尼
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Langley's steps were deliberate, yet without direction—like a man already halfway through a decision he hadn't made.8964 copyright protection51PENANAnVo8Ua2DPj 維尼
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Bagwell trailed just behind, his presence like a shadow too large to belong to one man, a second outline threatening to engulf the first.8964 copyright protection51PENANASpzwtJcn6q 維尼
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The street held its breath.8964 copyright protection51PENANARlRQJMgf1T 維尼
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There was no wind.8964 copyright protection51PENANApGhTc2daWP 維尼
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Just the sense of something unseen waiting in silence.8964 copyright protection51PENANAgvn9VcOGhs 維尼
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Their footsteps stirred not dust, but shadow—something below the surface, something older than brick and bone.8964 copyright protection51PENANAmNkl9LlrIQ 維尼
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Not earth.8964 copyright protection51PENANAowRFkvttsi 維尼
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Not air.8964 copyright protection51PENANAXWPgKHlol0 維尼
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Something... inside.8964 copyright protection51PENANA3gByoegDSO 維尼
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The ash here no longer drifted.8964 copyright protection51PENANABY3oFIywHu 維尼
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It had settled.8964 copyright protection51PENANAgOaeneTdDo 維尼
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Not out of peace, but resignation.8964 copyright protection51PENANAwrQg8uWFgw 維尼
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The city had already accepted its fate—given itself up to rot.8964 copyright protection51PENANA87eeyKG7j3 維尼
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Moss crept down from the walls like veins that no longer pulsed.8964 copyright protection51PENANA72CtCAcl3t 維尼
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They didn't grow.8964 copyright protection51PENANAdHe6FWYr4m 維尼
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They remembered.8964 copyright protection51PENANAcyj5xQauuR 維尼
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Then the road curved—an unnatural bend, like a corridor shifting in a dream.8964 copyright protection51PENANAxnXs9PEw46 維尼
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And suddenly, the space widened.8964 copyright protection51PENANAQGfFcbAldS 維尼
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There, amidst the ruins and skeletal facades of forgotten buildings, a single wall still stood as if in defiance.8964 copyright protection51PENANAnf8t2D3x9y 維尼
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It bore no graffiti, no blood, no prayer.8964 copyright protection51PENANAxxIZQJsyIV 維尼
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Only a sentence, clean and eternal:8964 copyright protection51PENANA0yJSZn6kxk 維尼
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"FORGET YOUR VOICE, AND YOU'LL ESCAPE YOUR SHADOW."8964 copyright protection51PENANAhiH1XtMLFz 維尼
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Langley halted.8964 copyright protection51PENANA8Lx0SledtQ 維尼
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He didn't look at the message—8964 copyright protection51PENANAmzY684SEUQ 維尼
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He looked down.8964 copyright protection51PENANAWsNmKD7Iwh 維尼
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The dirt beneath him had not been stirred in a long time.8964 copyright protection51PENANAbuTujRWVZN 維尼
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But imprinted there, preserved in the stillness, were two overlapping marks:8964 copyright protection51PENANAP0vnNEgnlD 維尼
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A handprint.8964 copyright protection51PENANA1Sz8djKiA4 維尼
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A footprint.8964 copyright protection51PENANAPZXRIbysFp 維尼
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One had walked away.8964 copyright protection51PENANAKnOIJJL61X 維尼
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The other... had waited.8964 copyright protection51PENANAfs6TE6BrNW 維尼
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From the edge of the street, one of the old lamps flickered to life.8964 copyright protection51PENANAdYOwmF9ctC 維尼
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It didn't hum.8964 copyright protection51PENANAal4RPoSUVo 維尼
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It cracked.8964 copyright protection51PENANAYJHFdKVFp1 維尼
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A single blue spark snapped in protest—8964 copyright protection51PENANAvaI8K7TRwC 維尼
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then silence reclaimed it.8964 copyright protection51PENANA8HWp1Gbdqh 維尼
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Bagwell said nothing.8964 copyright protection51PENANAzcdDwncM5N 維尼
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He didn't need to.8964 copyright protection51PENANATD4Pnw1rTn 維尼
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But his eyes slid toward Langley, the way you look at a man whose name you once knew.8964 copyright protection51PENANAphxmCDFzPC 維尼
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Langley returned the glance—brief, over the shoulder.8964 copyright protection51PENANAUALSAcmLye 維尼
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That was all it took.8964 copyright protection51PENANA51mpGm9YOh 維尼
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In that shared glance, the silence became a contract.8964 copyright protection51PENANAkcVs3w5MB4 維尼
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On the ground nearby, half-buried in dust and time, was a screen.8964 copyright protection51PENANAHJVZrA1u9u 維尼
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One line still pulsed on its faded display:8964 copyright protection51PENANAPOIdM9puGZ 維尼
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"THE FUTURE STARTS CLEAN."8964 copyright protection51PENANA0JbQjLO6sZ 維尼
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And just beneath it—8964 copyright protection51PENANAu5UQSF19fi 維尼
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A child's hand.8964 copyright protection51PENANAxs3IbKYbXj 維尼
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Not moving.8964 copyright protection51PENANAcvj4YyVBAF 維尼
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Not warm.8964 copyright protection51PENANAA2Wc82QjY5 維尼
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Faded.8964 copyright protection51PENANAZ46IchQk4W 維尼
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Dried.8964 copyright protection51PENANAahLm5FeGe9 維尼
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Left behind.8964 copyright protection51PENANAXllILudQOI 維尼
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Langley didn't kneel.8964 copyright protection51PENANASrGDhGkIIm 維尼
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He didn't touch.8964 copyright protection51PENANAGxmYyhmUXz 維尼
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Some remnants, he knew, were not meant for hands.8964 copyright protection51PENANA62QknZ1fDN 維尼
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They passed a shattered storefront, where a war-era recruitment poster still clung to broken glass.8964 copyright protection51PENANA78HHJct34P 維尼
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Its colors had bled away long ago, but the slogan remained:8964 copyright protection51PENANA7FfSSRY0zk 維尼
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"PROTECT YOUR FUTURE. THE FUTURE IS YOU."8964 copyright protection51PENANAevkgO8Iugs 維尼
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Langley stepped closer.8964 copyright protection51PENANAk5tgrf0RAb 維尼
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The soldier on the poster resembled him—eerily so.8964 copyright protection51PENANA53ZbReDplt 維尼
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But the man in the image was smiling.8964 copyright protection51PENANAL4paDLm1Qf 維尼
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He paused.8964 copyright protection51PENANACKFu3MksRt 維尼
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The thought came uninvited:8964 copyright protection51PENANAmYAo8CyXWQ 維尼
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"When was the last time I smiled?"8964 copyright protection51PENANAaYQBrZ5ipF 維尼
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But no voice inside him answered.8964 copyright protection51PENANAX6rsKOJv5D 維尼
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There was no voice left.8964 copyright protection51PENANA1Z43XAOKww 維尼
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The scent reached him before the image did—8964 copyright protection51PENANAxxCuJrrSLp 維尼
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Dust, iron, dried blood.8964 copyright protection51PENANAF2IazfhTz6 維尼
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It wasn't just familiar; it was intimate.8964 copyright protection51PENANAQ9OxL7k5FQ 維尼
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A memory that refused to fade, clinging to the lining of the lungs like regret.8964 copyright protection51PENANARX9r68lv10 維尼
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Langley didn't need to look to know.8964 copyright protection51PENANA5OVNlXpB9s 維尼
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Some things, once etched into the senses, became permanent residents.8964 copyright protection51PENANAVsXq7KBewf 維尼
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A half-dead neon sign buzzed somewhere ahead, sputtering the remnants of a once-familiar name.8964 copyright protection51PENANAwofOcxEcWF 維尼
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Only three letters still clung to life:8964 copyright protection51PENANAYXCzQb5cLG 維尼
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G – E – T.8964 copyright protection51PENANAeQFjnaaRu7 維尼
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Below it, beneath the weak light, was a slumped body.8964 copyright protection51PENANAXEwp7ZoiHx 維尼
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Its head was hidden under a black sack, like shame trying to cloak itself—8964 copyright protection51PENANAEi2NkkR5hg 維尼
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or perhaps hiding from a God it no longer believed in.8964 copyright protection51PENANApI6me6RS9b 維尼
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From beneath the fabric came a noise—8964 copyright protection51PENANAQc3yCNxBw8 維尼
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Not breath.8964 copyright protection51PENANAPRZFm6ACkB 維尼
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Not a voice.8964 copyright protection51PENANAmT1WnKLIKu 維尼
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A soft, sickening crackle, like the memory of someone choking.8964 copyright protection51PENANA9H3AyejLvx 維尼
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Fingers dangled, limp and drained.8964 copyright protection51PENANA9CIf2lDFry 維尼
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Nails chipped, skin pale and translucent.8964 copyright protection51PENANAnMj5rQkXkT 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAiEdFtMnW9Q
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Still trembling.8964 copyright protection51PENANABm4PMpwXyZ 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANApJAIFTW4RI
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Still animate—8964 copyright protection51PENANAbfTtZdmgzm 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAQdAGuNNSbT
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—but not alive.8964 copyright protection51PENANANHr1g4hr81 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAwAjAzPbTZi
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Langley paused, but didn't turn.8964 copyright protection51PENANAPWCoHQWnsC 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAVRxsudM62s
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Bagwell's shoulder flinched behind him, barely visible.8964 copyright protection51PENANADBLjffFBp1 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAERtMQiOdJ5
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Langley noticed.8964 copyright protection51PENANA1LMrFHP3TS 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANA7ZpuNCcjDH
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He said nothing.8964 copyright protection51PENANAxCNj4AR3bA 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANA1ONADxxTnw
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Some moments don't ask for commentary.8964 copyright protection51PENANAwjlkAJhh6u 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAEYEY2tVIoS
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They bury themselves in the silence.8964 copyright protection51PENANAxqqYEdOVtJ 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAgzrPKofAEQ
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They moved on.8964 copyright protection51PENANAe2lhW2WXtk 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAuS8u8SAuuz
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In another window, three mannequins stood like witnesses in a mock ritual.8964 copyright protection51PENANAwWUGxPNBaB 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAGwl7TzyIJr
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Two were kneeling.8964 copyright protection51PENANA9BQOJiZsYc 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAtbuObOZxQD
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One stood over them with a raised hand—frozen mid-baptism.8964 copyright protection51PENANAOTkNqhujNY 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAqx29joQ9hK
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Their faces bore no features.8964 copyright protection51PENANAf41ccVcKlb 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAzB2THVMAe6
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But one of the kneelers had hollowed sockets, gouged clean.8964 copyright protection51PENANAj6kqbiB5jv 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAkV6wHieMFX
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It wasn't mannequins that had been tortured.8964 copyright protection51PENANAOYyWPIQP3d 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAyVHLjMRp1B
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It was testimony.8964 copyright protection51PENANARicWGXfS6i 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANA8VJp7Zq4Dt
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The streetlights blinked erratically, like dying neurons misfiring in a brain too old to dream.8964 copyright protection51PENANA4PlFwInbS6 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANA8xRLZJkMbA
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Some flickered—8964 copyright protection51PENANAj4rT9GevJx 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAEmj6nLSTB0
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Others burned constant, as if refusing to acknowledge change.8964 copyright protection51PENANA5jfhFYHSci 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAkm1LD5TSaY
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At the center of the road, something blocked their path.8964 copyright protection51PENANAuOaKZ40NMY 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANApyEx61gW4N
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Not a tree.8964 copyright protection51PENANA8yJp2B7zCF 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAEwyto1j68x
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Not a monument.8964 copyright protection51PENANAYjzCfZ5i30 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAihshH42LQj
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An old power pole—collapsed and broken.8964 copyright protection51PENANAf98K0qv4iQ 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANApGX1YBWH0R
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Atop it sat a child's shoe.8964 copyright protection51PENANAvSYcaVO9hu 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANABxMDXNyfHY
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There was no message attached.8964 copyright protection51PENANABlCWgo4Xxh 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAqu6DYAZObk
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No name.8964 copyright protection51PENANAndMgseE5hs 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAAmzUrsfsVo
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No blood.8964 copyright protection51PENANAjEeU1kESuK 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAYpIdjJruEM
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And yet, everything about it screamed.8964 copyright protection51PENANAQt9ROSBQQa 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAsXOen8NA3h
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They didn't stop to ask why.8964 copyright protection51PENANAVFaSl0f6st 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAdsH04PI9Ul
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There were no answers here.8964 copyright protection51PENANAhG03mEVI1Q 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANA71ugeRPyUK
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Only echoes.8964 copyright protection51PENANAIuSnv2lzAs 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAX2C2i46WLu
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In the distance, something monumental clawed its way out of the horizon.8964 copyright protection51PENANAqMPHTtZWhD 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAUd0GMmya5P
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The fractured silhouette of the Brooklyn Bridge—8964 copyright protection51PENANANGyGqg9vqY 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANA8ueK2hhDTe
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a corpse of steel and stone.8964 copyright protection51PENANAayPVXFSJOR 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANACOgUyTBqNJ
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Its cables hung like the uncombed hair of a madman.8964 copyright protection51PENANARKNRUjyeOG 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANANFmGewz3s9
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The towers, once proud, were now cloaked in moss and years.8964 copyright protection51PENANAFopAzPpJVR 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAYeSCzntWuL
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But the bridge itself still stood.8964 copyright protection51PENANAmPGKRT32mc 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAWi6EtvFX2N
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It had once been a path even God had walked.8964 copyright protection51PENANAi67jaB4t3y 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANA9GcRGECbyg
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Now...8964 copyright protection51PENANAOlK1ZwqbrF 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAfCY4W1HDIM
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Not even God returned.8964 copyright protection51PENANAqugNebaXsO 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAjQl67Godhh
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Langley lifted his gaze.8964 copyright protection51PENANA7uoHVOGAnS 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAMUuQ9S1tgd
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The sky offered nothing.8964 copyright protection51PENANA45uNNtzdYm 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANABLhpwX0bAZ
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No stars.8964 copyright protection51PENANAq8jZPq163y 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAnV7hp7Vrf4
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No moon.8964 copyright protection51PENANA8hA3X05LC7 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANA7e6O3F3973
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Not even cloud.8964 copyright protection51PENANAuIlhHVjSag 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAsd4pP0oww5
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Just... weightless dark.8964 copyright protection51PENANARK202XacQa 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAp2t4i6oAVW
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Directionless.8964 copyright protection51PENANAb6nGw07utZ 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAsjN7S9wU4k
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Perfectly still.8964 copyright protection51PENANASpOgHET8q0 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANA2OUPc8YXf7
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And he kept walking.8964 copyright protection51PENANAKH7waVxOxp 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANA9E6TEeZypi
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They turned left—8964 copyright protection51PENANANnS7hLBLfJ 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANA6a45NSiDyY
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and something loomed beneath the streetlamp ahead.8964 copyright protection51PENANAfGbX44d6cW 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAlX9f4XMWFc
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It hunched like a forgotten beast, blanketed in moldy canvas and silence.8964 copyright protection51PENANAaR3CvB9JVJ 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAXYlz3wnfre
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An old EWA tank, long abandoned, its form sagging under the weight of disuse and rust.8964 copyright protection51PENANA2D9DyuumTB 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANASxa7ur11Ro
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The barrel drooped downward, not in defeat—8964 copyright protection51PENANATIb0lvvdqT 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAz3Z8oqVEUU
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but in disinterest, as if it had refused every order ever given.8964 copyright protection51PENANANWRylMPsbl 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAFUcOqk7yj4
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Oxidation had bled down its sides like old blood.8964 copyright protection51PENANAiPhH2aBBga 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAPjbMTVIryt
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The ground beneath it stained as though the machine had tried to rot the city from its belly outward.8964 copyright protection51PENANABdGp6Mvbw7 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAnmBmJ6JaIB
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Painted in faded white across its hull:8964 copyright protection51PENANAfwBUwh30cg 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAWxCvPNxJm2
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"IN GOD WE TRUST."8964 copyright protection51PENANACdC7m7cwjP 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAbprWev7egv
8964 copyright protection51PENANADRxRxVgsiP 維尼
Langley crouched beside it, his eye catching something wedged beneath the treads.8964 copyright protection51PENANAGKyI3QhkFM 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANA54icQK7xfp
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A single military boot.8964 copyright protection51PENANA3mLxRuVu62 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAStzsyVisbn
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Worn.8964 copyright protection51PENANAFyU0iLXPWl 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAOsKD6NHO2H
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Empty.8964 copyright protection51PENANAO9ZbhbLu2h 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAdmscjkZAGi
8964 copyright protection51PENANAua47gg44zc 維尼
Stuffed inside it—8964 copyright protection51PENANA0e1BKTCAsy 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAZ1bm2fTXTY
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a torn slip of paper, barely clinging to ink:8964 copyright protection51PENANAJSdO60BMdn 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAqvoFQO9JT8
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"THEY SOLD THOSE WHO WALKED.8964 copyright protection51PENANAD2mughroPF 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANA3EthzOeZxk
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AND THOSE WHO STOOD... THEY ERASED."8964 copyright protection51PENANAAmIWoxb16p 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANABa1A3wFiMY
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Bagwell stood over him, unmoving.8964 copyright protection51PENANAvEcCm8wyQ2 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAagSro3ajLc
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Not reading.8964 copyright protection51PENANA2Ey5ziNceo 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAaeXOVAbe3n
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Just knowing.8964 copyright protection51PENANAGctriobyFq 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAL6ilkb7eZu
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They kept walking.8964 copyright protection51PENANAMGFKydFq1w 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAEAkRh9ltEg
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As they neared the end of the street, the very ground beneath them seemed to change dialect—8964 copyright protection51PENANAEHUZRozWeo 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAEbiBBKu4j2
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The asphalt cracked open, revealing beneath it veins of stone, old brick, ancient tile.8964 copyright protection51PENANADE3evxZzlj 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAEXpsVOUORb
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It was as if the city had tried to forget what it once was by layering over itself,8964 copyright protection51PENANAR8jvbOEFAD 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANA5roN74iFKp
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—only to remember too late.8964 copyright protection51PENANA4nPpLHmqbw 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAWkehIBxq1k
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Langley's eyes drifted downward again.8964 copyright protection51PENANA1Lx1FMCTXy 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANATc8eEiSavr
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There, carved crudely into the earth:8964 copyright protection51PENANACGHvaw44jk 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAuouyJlwPcx
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A perfect circle.8964 copyright protection51PENANAL1EEmgGzg3 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANA5Da45Cv8KT
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And inside it—seven broken lines, like fractures in a mirror.8964 copyright protection51PENANAwGAu2nqPVf 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANALsRFEIejTW
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He knew what it was.8964 copyright protection51PENANA5MlWG9Yfof 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANABufxmbW4GR
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This place hadn't been for those who prayed.8964 copyright protection51PENANAV7ZuEAtUZi 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAd5ILl91qCH
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It had been built for those who were prayed to.8964 copyright protection51PENANA2nICqbsBKN 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAJPo855jHDy
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The air turned suddenly cold—8964 copyright protection51PENANAZHbJ2bavG0 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANA9rTTqylxJd
8964 copyright protection51PENANAAKqkGbUMM8 維尼
—but it wasn't wind.8964 copyright protection51PENANA6XdNNHjvXE 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAltGXxTkzGW
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It was something older than breath.8964 copyright protection51PENANAaXcHUhg0VO 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANA6lfJXE3Iqv
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The chill of memory laying its hands on the back of your neck.8964 copyright protection51PENANANYslgHuvXI 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAAVuuwffS6v
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Bagwell halted.8964 copyright protection51PENANAfbjbu05Ra3 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAT0UTf4sKW9
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He opened his mouth to speak—8964 copyright protection51PENANAuPww0HyAla 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANApRyOtuFiku
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"From here on—"8964 copyright protection51PENANAudqtnVhKpM 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAvGukto6bNI
8964 copyright protection51PENANAWhA99eI4DB 維尼
—but the sentence collapsed before it could walk.8964 copyright protection51PENANA1Ci6u3Czbe 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANACTaIzI71fM
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It didn't need to finish.8964 copyright protection51PENANAQ51jFJDGeg 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAT6ahdbR4IO
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Some knowledge is inherited in silence.8964 copyright protection51PENANAJb1cYusO8o 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANA2zFQx4pJTf
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Then, from the hood of a rusted car, a word gleamed faintly under grime:8964 copyright protection51PENANAH4RtLN2EEV 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAhQlsiszN3H
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CONFESS8964 copyright protection51PENANA1kZaDzeZci 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAqffkX3vFZn
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Etched into the metal beneath, like a wound:8964 copyright protection51PENANAe37GXLe9IK 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANA7xEvLh9yVQ
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"First they heard. Then they went silent."8964 copyright protection51PENANA0E20mO3xYW 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAv7ySdbtrLV
8964 copyright protection51PENANAhE64aCd8Gj 維尼
Langley raised his eyes.8964 copyright protection51PENANADnNyGYAxz7 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAfRbwzhObph
8964 copyright protection51PENANAhZPwwMzaVN 維尼
And there—8964 copyright protection51PENANA1eelwolP0M 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAqQP0iDzluK
8964 copyright protection51PENANAhO8FzLgeBj 維尼
It revealed itself.8964 copyright protection51PENANAubxtJUcvSl 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAwQwneSb0K6
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Not a structure.8964 copyright protection51PENANA5pT3KZKxwv 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAq9sSEVYyiQ
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Not a monument.8964 copyright protection51PENANAQ6Q7aSL4qn 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAOi8LVwyAgU
8964 copyright protection51PENANAjvg3mgNrJf 維尼
But a wound in the skyline.8964 copyright protection51PENANA0Z9aTzYftm 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAKBRNTI83t5
8964 copyright protection51PENANAeTMwtyYAnX 維尼
A church.8964 copyright protection51PENANAY3QYrp7MSH 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANASyMKk09cmh
8964 copyright protection51PENANATuc35Pe9Fy 維尼
Hunched.8964 copyright protection51PENANAiKl2DDNHXN 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAHj5BZ1xDXD
8964 copyright protection51PENANAztkdZhFQC2 維尼
Scarred.8964 copyright protection51PENANAfQIkzEPc4P 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAKHdGd3xkkS
8964 copyright protection51PENANAFNw17n9up5 維尼
Breathing.8964 copyright protection51PENANAMQiZWy7rtT 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANA4IpmXT5h9f
8964 copyright protection51PENANA6WTuB2527Q 維尼
Its dome sagged like a collapsed lung.8964 copyright protection51PENANAs6xfa6YxPe 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAEGAxLte4t2
8964 copyright protection51PENANAzRY05sqIUv 維尼
Its walls were black stone, stained not by time but by silence.8964 copyright protection51PENANA2cwG65eKjC 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAOXc1cwQIBs
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No cross adorned its peak.8964 copyright protection51PENANAKFoJzAvI59 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAwlU4Yo1bpO
8964 copyright protection51PENANAMFj0OIcbQi 維尼
Only the shadow of where belief had once stood.8964 copyright protection51PENANAO5br3DfAoj 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAQTptsu6pkq
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The closer they came, the more it grew—8964 copyright protection51PENANAPo3bq1w0Kb 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAO506XOVuiz
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Not in size, but in presence.8964 copyright protection51PENANAiz5b3HAP4Z 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAYcsb1CQkEB
8964 copyright protection51PENANAOasd0scKJa 維尼
Like it had always been waiting for them.8964 copyright protection51PENANAaNTvufB4cs 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAndzeUETePp
8964 copyright protection51PENANAGIr1stT0QY 維尼
On either side of its entrance, rusted stakes jutted from the ground.8964 copyright protection51PENANA1cKsbvyYEr 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAZvgmCcj9BI
8964 copyright protection51PENANA79dzS42Bjo 維尼
Crucified on each—men in clerical robes.8964 copyright protection51PENANAXeTwZa5Qhx 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAECXUVpAqyY
8964 copyright protection51PENANAOZcHGfUj44 維尼
Their arms outstretched, hands twisted to hold nothing.8964 copyright protection51PENANAKgbITXdkqN 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAD6e2GlNXA4
8964 copyright protection51PENANAtLWnvGwZMJ 維尼
Their eyes were vacant.8964 copyright protection51PENANAA9GubI4ykH 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANA5yRx6nb6sd
8964 copyright protection51PENANAiae2IKhXZ9 維尼
Their mouths ajar.8964 copyright protection51PENANA8XAcvaAsHc 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAPHaCJEr2nZ
8964 copyright protection51PENANAvbwetdmVlW 維尼
And carved into the forehead of one:8964 copyright protection51PENANAzz3BlgOLPK 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAfRE77xGDYX
8964 copyright protection51PENANAqFFRzCShUJ 維尼
"SILENCE IS LOUDER THAN GOD."8964 copyright protection51PENANAjmKENeUW6t 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAVFRRS4xWFq
8964 copyright protection51PENANAtHeH7HWZfn 維尼
Langley stopped.8964 copyright protection51PENANAsD7ZLn7V9b 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAkr6i5ps2ZA
8964 copyright protection51PENANAhpEqHPGJ2w 維尼
His gaze faltered.8964 copyright protection51PENANACG12JJcITQ 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAKPLqNPF0aY
8964 copyright protection51PENANAoTtKXrOB0a 維尼
For the first time since they'd entered this decaying corridor of memory,8964 copyright protection51PENANAhJg3G5S9mj 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAx4UPPSZq27
8964 copyright protection51PENANA8OqnQ9dWR0 維尼
—he looked away.8964 copyright protection51PENANAqtX89AFvFM 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAp2jUk7dyYj
8964 copyright protection51PENANAIbzjPGvZgi 維尼
Bagwell did not.8964 copyright protection51PENANAPemS5E9Ze2 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAUOfTYtzngH
8964 copyright protection51PENANAj56ooQV5l4 維尼
He continued forward, as if walking toward a version of himself he had already betrayed once.8964 copyright protection51PENANAls0nLRJBay 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAMbYcYnnzX5
8964 copyright protection51PENANAWCvsqdJNTJ 維尼
He knew this path.8964 copyright protection51PENANA4yzCQaJ49b 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAUbWUutI81q
8964 copyright protection51PENANAZ5nxsuUd0v 維尼
And he knew—8964 copyright protection51PENANA1uq0JvotfD 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANABwEng9PPkO
8964 copyright protection51PENANAszUP3ZgxXE 維尼
The past never stays buried.8964 copyright protection51PENANAHtxcXXkYuI 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAYxBm8est7R
8964 copyright protection51PENANAuccMIPP02M 維尼
Not here.8964 copyright protection51PENANAf2azC7wth9 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANA8GpPvFJiyf
8964 copyright protection51PENANAMlRLJ4Dtur 維尼
The entrance loomed before them—8964 copyright protection51PENANAXn7lHTLFns 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAJLrKm0lU43
8964 copyright protection51PENANAjHeWLa8zbz 維尼
not like a threshold, but a question.8964 copyright protection51PENANAg0wprOujhq 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANA6muroqSvyA
8964 copyright protection51PENANAbC9jl9uL3P 維尼
One that did not demand an answer, only submission.8964 copyright protection51PENANAbInZtSCaqr 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANA69mqSAUmHm
8964 copyright protection51PENANAoo3h8vaqlK 維尼
Langley stood at the heavy door.8964 copyright protection51PENANAW3DhqTnAIh 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAnFRVZjgGcx
8964 copyright protection51PENANAYjzIyRrTVP 維尼
He reached out.8964 copyright protection51PENANALRgx1esjE0 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAHTuYK5EyOt
8964 copyright protection51PENANAfxCq6dNFEH 維尼
His finger met cold stone.8964 copyright protection51PENANAB4t1PhLpBW 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANA9wyouneN1R
8964 copyright protection51PENANAWcz0GYRtjA 維尼
Not just cold—bone-cold.8964 copyright protection51PENANA4wzesp5PIf 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAporAB7OGWY
8964 copyright protection51PENANAVof30onr42 維尼
The kind that remembered every hand that had tried to enter before.8964 copyright protection51PENANAyNQaLQbgb1 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANA0ZVbnJsLZh
8964 copyright protection51PENANAUioDjw88Ic 維尼
And the door... did not resist.8964 copyright protection51PENANATSV8ivvnhB 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANACMvz0p2oOr
8964 copyright protection51PENANA8ikdWe1icG 維尼
It opened not with creak or groan,8964 copyright protection51PENANAl7078GuypK 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAzokNhalsrK
8964 copyright protection51PENANAvifsDmjIfy 維尼
—but with acceptance.8964 copyright protection51PENANAxt4hxxx3T4 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAa7V6R971vn
8964 copyright protection51PENANACAdylr3wPi 維尼
As if it had been waiting.8964 copyright protection51PENANAhP8iCsbViy 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAxc8tEJjGe2
8964 copyright protection51PENANAJw221Zo0Nn 維尼
The woman was already inside.8964 copyright protection51PENANA5t4jfjs31A 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAHRH3sKqIIZ
8964 copyright protection51PENANAnLVhZNcPwX 維尼
She didn't speak.8964 copyright protection51PENANAOBVQOA7TAT 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAovlJQmoKMy
8964 copyright protection51PENANAPkszgnsjFY 維尼
But her silence wasn't passive—8964 copyright protection51PENANATG0N1UUCrV 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANADJV2qlUcHs
8964 copyright protection51PENANADJtkZ3Mj1D 維尼
It was ritualistic.8964 copyright protection51PENANAdnU5zYnxx0 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANA8EpPlw6K8B
8964 copyright protection51PENANAlvODCJ6vkx 維尼
Not absence, but permission.8964 copyright protection51PENANAN4er5nCWPO 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANA6ibvIJFYOa
8964 copyright protection51PENANANwENRnqGwT 維尼
Not invitation, but debt.8964 copyright protection51PENANAO2Dqvk8i9t 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAgOy6JbOeIW
8964 copyright protection51PENANAWEvAbrrApi 維尼
Langley's eyes met hers.8964 copyright protection51PENANAcCm2Go3NIG 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAsveEfs37zX
8964 copyright protection51PENANACwLsWf7uXD 維尼
But there were no eyes.8964 copyright protection51PENANAvvbJTvJY2C 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAiBoKaV7KdE
8964 copyright protection51PENANAvZc5OjoZSX 維尼
Just hollows where faith had dried out.8964 copyright protection51PENANAxkhuKknJKL 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAVjh0ppdZ9m
8964 copyright protection51PENANAgqkfQHYJWx 維尼
And strangely—he didn't flinch.8964 copyright protection51PENANAzriiE9pJwO 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAWMDhsx15Bu
8964 copyright protection51PENANAIAkHxpenmS 維尼
He didn't recoil.8964 copyright protection51PENANApMkqQucdOf 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAzmxshFQssi
8964 copyright protection51PENANAkhbt7r4T4f 維尼
It felt... familiar.8964 copyright protection51PENANAb6LzTdlsKr 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAyk4hal8y7B
8964 copyright protection51PENANAWEqZpiE2K0 維尼
"The void of God..." he thought.8964 copyright protection51PENANA8sYRMXD0X4 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAcM2D6VcLZA
8964 copyright protection51PENANAO5PaW3btEC 維尼
"Maybe it started with me."8964 copyright protection51PENANAh4chYXGgfV 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAgmOFnjaPvw
8964 copyright protection51PENANA8RvMT088QQ 維尼
Bagwell stepped forward.8964 copyright protection51PENANAzdeMqLnLlu 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAv0suDhch6F
8964 copyright protection51PENANA4L8TqfEcT4 維尼
He approached the unmoving figure with the steadiness of someone enacting an old rite.8964 copyright protection51PENANA0uPnCiiMBA 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANA0aTzkaP37q
8964 copyright protection51PENANAB3RbISyTCc 維尼
He reached into his coat and retrieved a small metallic badge—8964 copyright protection51PENANAkUeqZJDSEF 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAsDBbnK11lh
8964 copyright protection51PENANA5LqxHcjrY7 維尼
a star, glinting faintly with the Dockmen's seal.8964 copyright protection51PENANAJYU5wDLjMz 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAAsAGWr0fak
8964 copyright protection51PENANAMl1ydHWqcd 維尼
The woman bowed.8964 copyright protection51PENANA9Ef41qsSLR 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAcRNiYhXcsH
8964 copyright protection51PENANAn4kYRnwQMn 維尼
But not reverently.8964 copyright protection51PENANA65lH7RShrS 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAKf0lHIBlts
8964 copyright protection51PENANACJiEJm1tws 維尼
It was a motion too precise, too rehearsed—8964 copyright protection51PENANAmmoQjS5knm 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAab0sXs7HyT
8964 copyright protection51PENANA9Vm9XMi3Kn 維尼
a memorized gesture from a forgotten script.8964 copyright protection51PENANAvF0u3NC1Bc 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAPumfsTMF4p
8964 copyright protection51PENANAJ2biemWUZf 維尼
She whispered, trance-like:8964 copyright protection51PENANA2UCIkiMO6d 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAtRgOEBK8TJ
8964 copyright protection51PENANANTDs8IucFb 維尼
"Passage... or change?"8964 copyright protection51PENANAUnVO45JDVD 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAoXgHAfBh6U
8964 copyright protection51PENANA6CLZjHj0oE 維尼
Bagwell didn't hesitate.8964 copyright protection51PENANADT4UK24iBM 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAl7Ik2dHrUz
8964 copyright protection51PENANAofEhb8cUEC 維尼
His voice was iron:8964 copyright protection51PENANASIsLg4bKQy 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAiMmAXfmyUL
8964 copyright protection51PENANAz6kvcjZZlV 維尼
"Passage."8964 copyright protection51PENANApqsZwRZ4GD 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANACThoxhwSy6
8964 copyright protection51PENANAOYXI3X34RE 維尼
The woman nodded, turned to Langley, and extended her hand—8964 copyright protection51PENANAukRc0dRpSo 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAkbhCdQOYMh
8964 copyright protection51PENANARL8ZAywGur 維尼
not to touch him, but to hover.8964 copyright protection51PENANA4hm9wyuKWb 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAp3sX1whHME
8964 copyright protection51PENANA7Q3Jqg0MOI 維尼
Close enough to feel.8964 copyright protection51PENANAG5V3qnVMwM 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAShuOHNwPdC
8964 copyright protection51PENANA8oph7etS0v 維尼
Her voice coiled like incense smoke:8964 copyright protection51PENANAgpsu0B2hGb 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAAlJCTOrt35
8964 copyright protection51PENANABAaZcH8sXy 維尼
"One arm missing. No soul left."8964 copyright protection51PENANA8vQcKOwknD 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAutGwxFRMKs
8964 copyright protection51PENANAH2Mq32OcZa 維尼
"And yet... you still walk like it's a stage.8964 copyright protection51PENANAtDVQ2hwGNQ 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAaV7QcHIf1x
8964 copyright protection51PENANAV2bQhvpwpw 維尼
Trying to win an Oscar, Plisskin?"8964 copyright protection51PENANAtbaQ6zG1zO 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAdYSdxmF7ZV
8964 copyright protection51PENANACVjcI1TnJ8 維尼
Langley said nothing.8964 copyright protection51PENANA6UUEGUauvc 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAglQ6QgI6KE
8964 copyright protection51PENANAR2UKpEyT5Z 維尼
But she already knew the answer.8964 copyright protection51PENANAXAOasBjRLU 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAM3OLECJWtj
8964 copyright protection51PENANAchTyIXS6uw 維尼
Bagwell moved ahead of him.8964 copyright protection51PENANAH6rAD1Sxxo 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAeABCgmdNCV
8964 copyright protection51PENANAVxMnqLEaTX 維尼
His tone was no longer polite—8964 copyright protection51PENANAgJTX5UsqOC 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANARqVtgXCej2
8964 copyright protection51PENANAZ3DWVtEhG3 維尼
It was business.8964 copyright protection51PENANAIi2fSBwCkN 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANApmRmXOSBfk
8964 copyright protection51PENANAH6X4mBM2i8 維尼
"Has it been recalled?" he asked.8964 copyright protection51PENANAX9ZftjmChT 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAuNqeQA8ae9
8964 copyright protection51PENANAYmONqNDzVt 維尼
The woman shook her head slowly.8964 copyright protection51PENANAkDKGUYOlu3 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAfaEvjEITKp
8964 copyright protection51PENANASbkKzpkWqY 維尼
"No... but it is being watched."8964 copyright protection51PENANAnxyEe5BpH8 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAILQoGcZCBc
8964 copyright protection51PENANADSZnV7CkcO 維尼
Bagwell paused.8964 copyright protection51PENANAxBvriakxth 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANASMJGPvSiSZ
8964 copyright protection51PENANASn3QUQcMip 維尼
His jaw clenched slightly.8964 copyright protection51PENANAW11mZmf4B7 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAuIQxpGWWkU
8964 copyright protection51PENANAP8tmWQvLys 維尼
He bit the corner of his lip.8964 copyright protection51PENANApdkuSMjTFc 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANALpgTtkeaaA
8964 copyright protection51PENANAJ8slTgMVg7 維尼
"By who?"8964 copyright protection51PENANAl8BLaEISey 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAupGYYNyZG5
8964 copyright protection51PENANAb0m4BpgYQG 維尼
No reply.8964 copyright protection51PENANACfB5rQCW32 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAfv7UFQDDp0
8964 copyright protection51PENANABEMXvBP8Qn 維尼
Only silence.8964 copyright protection51PENANApb6iDHDDwd 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAHsgaeAxxid
8964 copyright protection51PENANAQMwqyUHQC4 維尼
And then—8964 copyright protection51PENANAE2U8iBkZDc 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANA3cDftb8gUz
8964 copyright protection51PENANAhc225XsSwO 維尼
A single drop of water fell from the ceiling.8964 copyright protection51PENANACjveMS8h2A 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANA5HDOr9aLuz
8964 copyright protection51PENANAsghXkJsOcn 維尼
The sound echoed across the cavernous room like a warning.8964 copyright protection51PENANAjamB0wIvhb 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAPOrW5EjGZF
8964 copyright protection51PENANANfnZslzdeP 維尼
Sharp.8964 copyright protection51PENANAFBgu8QbUwg 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAJeS3LqnByp
8964 copyright protection51PENANAlkjXb1MBYp 維尼
Cold.8964 copyright protection51PENANAtB6ZpazIZA 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAbmtt3Gj7cO
8964 copyright protection51PENANAkPFV3qL7n5 維尼
Langley turned his head instinctively.8964 copyright protection51PENANAcLYPjBVN3y 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAzX1VnlAlGL
8964 copyright protection51PENANACOdWiYo9x4 維尼
Behind him... there was nothing.8964 copyright protection51PENANA6Z9zIDHOTk 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAmxjKivy5jJ
8964 copyright protection51PENANAzUCknpN564 維尼
No door.8964 copyright protection51PENANAhuYFMIoDyW 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANALpFn1JlF2i
8964 copyright protection51PENANAopHwQLP6Oh 維尼
No light.8964 copyright protection51PENANAqs77G85Sdw 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAns9ytVskYr
8964 copyright protection51PENANAxtiMg1wihE 維尼
Only stone.8964 copyright protection51PENANAYdGzIHDL7l 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANACKuuuiLM17
8964 copyright protection51PENANAaF7UMY41Jx 維尼
The way back had collapsed into the architecture—8964 copyright protection51PENANAQTDJrYekEw 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANANY211JMc8M
8964 copyright protection51PENANAkQP0BVll79 維尼
swallowed by design.8964 copyright protection51PENANAhVIu0EKJsM 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAv7RfmXEXg6
8964 copyright protection51PENANAQdD3kOG1Lc 維尼
The woman, still without a sound, stepped back into the darkness.8964 copyright protection51PENANAf5V5HkmNYF 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAG8PGpU3CCB
8964 copyright protection51PENANAfiHvjY8DPR 維尼
Her presence dissolved.8964 copyright protection51PENANAjBQ6ZtSCVI 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAGP9TUvwmX3
8964 copyright protection51PENANAedGbfwQuJY 維尼
But before she vanished completely, she whispered:8964 copyright protection51PENANAtSjL9lWIsw 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAyu0J6NX9p9
8964 copyright protection51PENANAqkw1oJYrEI 維尼
"God is not here.8964 copyright protection51PENANAe9iYBB9PWl 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAB5cASFsYrN
8964 copyright protection51PENANAGg5fhJARda 維尼
But the void of God... is always open."8964 copyright protection51PENANAot5Xr2Pwjl 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAU8DKNsmx9z
8964 copyright protection51PENANA3qxkHcZL79 維尼
Langley's hands trembled.8964 copyright protection51PENANA7EyI7aC58f 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAizuUPrQwVs
8964 copyright protection51PENANAtu4FzaF3Uu 維尼
He turned to Bagwell.8964 copyright protection51PENANAMaJdw6VWcC 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANARsI7JvMSI1
8964 copyright protection51PENANAdbEJn4CRYB 維尼
"The way?"8964 copyright protection51PENANAHi7vdseTQh 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANARf7ezH9UwP
8964 copyright protection51PENANAFA0cv0Twdv 維尼
Bagwell pointed toward a narrow corridor—8964 copyright protection51PENANALxYDcPkqDU 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAum6XNco93L
8964 copyright protection51PENANAH7i2LVxu5E 維尼
once used for baptisms,8964 copyright protection51PENANAYEz7QCBVdu 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAupHTeI2Ea6
8964 copyright protection51PENANAs2eFw5dBdG 維尼
now just a scar in the brick.8964 copyright protection51PENANA9Rw7sGVaLQ 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAkq7mThwuHr
8964 copyright protection51PENANAWMbpzc32Zz 維尼
A path that only went one way.8964 copyright protection51PENANAyVH3cfmIrX 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAbqFj1Djwmq
8964 copyright protection51PENANAfegYF348ja 維尼
The decision had been made long ago.8964 copyright protection51PENANA5Kto24tD2K 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANA3Fa3W62T2d
8964 copyright protection51PENANAfYQOHQnZVC 維尼
They were merely fulfilling it.8964 copyright protection51PENANAuwSWStUr78 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAlS7NmbjqjN
8964 copyright protection51PENANAsSbOyvjFLO 維尼
There was no structure here.8964 copyright protection51PENANASLw1w9UC8R 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAJB097WBHwP
8964 copyright protection51PENANAYxBfv4G9rJ 維尼
Only presence.8964 copyright protection51PENANAdwktK1A72E 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAbfbmaaxPGl
8964 copyright protection51PENANAmE1Xfli2df 維尼
Dust no longer drifted in the air—8964 copyright protection51PENANA5pgqDxMYYI 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAJUFKU0XKJB
8964 copyright protection51PENANAoI09QxuECk 維尼
It hung in thought.8964 copyright protection51PENANAwH6JM7yMi6 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAP4jyhLa1Ez
8964 copyright protection51PENANA4mJwtRXjN5 維尼
It was warm.8964 copyright protection51PENANA49On9FNR3l 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANA6Qn5vFpPW5
8964 copyright protection51PENANAizxlZ2NLZp 維尼
Not comforting—8964 copyright protection51PENANAggQ8i9A5mU 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAuhrDw6WbWj
8964 copyright protection51PENANAjUEOnjOIyR 維尼
but feverish.8964 copyright protection51PENANAWwFxA0gQng 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAjLxiGyYRxu
8964 copyright protection51PENANAQDC4nU1B2x 維尼
A heat that didn't heal,8964 copyright protection51PENANAERzeuC4IR8 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANADCvc2p7AMy
8964 copyright protection51PENANAmrNBFUucs7 維尼
just reminded.8964 copyright protection51PENANAlc0MAqRvny 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAqIkhW2LiJy
8964 copyright protection51PENANASuJB5xJTYo 維尼
Even the sweat on Langley's skin refused to pray.8964 copyright protection51PENANAZKdjddpXPH 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAjz2wC30BnY
8964 copyright protection51PENANAqRF79tHUrG 維尼
He stepped forward.8964 copyright protection51PENANApkI5KOMBY2 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAtKXE2vF2qn
8964 copyright protection51PENANAIy6hvvUBBf 維尼
And the floor—8964 copyright protection51PENANAZBjJqk1yPs 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANABt5ULBtBPu
8964 copyright protection51PENANARcNll9brCg 維尼
it sighed.8964 copyright protection51PENANAywcsLAfPdD 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAX4gwJ7Bb2C
8964 copyright protection51PENANAFhps5hAiUv 維尼
A slow exhale from stone that remembered belief.8964 copyright protection51PENANA18b9dfSesy 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANA8lFzR2zlxh
8964 copyright protection51PENANA9giDSXhPTZ 維尼
The walls bled with damp.8964 copyright protection51PENANAwGsb83nWy2 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAHxP66zWfeq
8964 copyright protection51PENANAwL8DpR0gWY 維尼
Not natural moisture—8964 copyright protection51PENANATNk3IBmCHf 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAXXsF8TInKr
8964 copyright protection51PENANA1MjgUrHbNm 維尼
—but spoiled divinity.8964 copyright protection51PENANAPmbG4GA6ik 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAVM0qRbip6O
8964 copyright protection51PENANAGEhuVFPNZF 維尼
The altar still stood.8964 copyright protection51PENANAVkjiVZDBlx 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAS2ZJ5pzUbD
8964 copyright protection51PENANAyZCJ1uFosN 維尼
But it no longer belonged to any one god.8964 copyright protection51PENANA2UxbqB8WmN 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAINYi3ZuWcp
8964 copyright protection51PENANAI171sFWwVX 維尼
It had become a tombstone for all of them.8964 copyright protection51PENANAjZZCi0MpLA 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAkn91gQeEsj
8964 copyright protection51PENANAwTqfsPa6rF 維尼
Engraved in its cracked surface:8964 copyright protection51PENANAT03dm6Kskb 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAMiJ6NazSsv
8964 copyright protection51PENANAM4V6bPw21o 維尼
The Cross,8964 copyright protection51PENANADXPGMvpeBD 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANARo4FABwW8y
8964 copyright protection51PENANAchubeF8GCJ 維尼
The Star of David,8964 copyright protection51PENANA5CjzPuIa8o 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAzapE3gAiGl
8964 copyright protection51PENANAIY0z34NssB 維尼
The word Allah.8964 copyright protection51PENANAcg2BdojQAq 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANApWjUK7JrNC
8964 copyright protection51PENANAlIxU4RBDSH 維尼
Each layered over the other,8964 copyright protection51PENANAu0TBwX0HBA 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAYfKsgtcybK
8964 copyright protection51PENANA1YqfRqNshB 維尼
each split and splintered,8964 copyright protection51PENANAE1J4hTy9KQ 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAzjj55mEgLd
8964 copyright protection51PENANAmQexH1JRNs 維尼
until they formed not a symbol—8964 copyright protection51PENANAs1gRFnktHU 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAkiYy0Ovjhb
8964 copyright protection51PENANAiULQOTrU4S 維尼
but a wound.8964 copyright protection51PENANA0pQMFN7saT 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAXc6rTwDZdo
8964 copyright protection51PENANAkN3pyFz95c 維尼
The stone pulsed beneath Langley's gaze.8964 copyright protection51PENANAmtceroNmLK 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAX4UFHmGyK5
8964 copyright protection51PENANAOLCbQTjP5H 維尼
A migraine carved in rock.8964 copyright protection51PENANASbJJa5n2fm 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAybXsHQPJxY
8964 copyright protection51PENANAgJ95kwW7Qt 維尼
Silent.8964 copyright protection51PENANAl049KEznfd 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAv2xUTKnsSI
8964 copyright protection51PENANAX8gG53dOUA 維尼
Persistent.8964 copyright protection51PENANAH4gBSAuzzx 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAoFjPxH0f6k
8964 copyright protection51PENANArQ6sLxpJUl 維尼
There were no prayers left in this place.8964 copyright protection51PENANArJk8kfixws 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAd6qHeqnnNg
8964 copyright protection51PENANARl3i2ZycXw 維尼
Only eyes.8964 copyright protection51PENANAXDLaY0S3gy 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAX61DCeN9tt
8964 copyright protection51PENANA5CG3nlo6cy 維尼
Figures moved beneath the fractured light—8964 copyright protection51PENANAI1N9kbdFWO 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAOfRtzx823i
8964 copyright protection51PENANAdk1Jw6z6AO 維尼
but they were not naked.8964 copyright protection51PENANAfQwIOCYAJ5 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAfiBirAbfAf
8964 copyright protection51PENANAIDWIqWAohL 維尼
They were not human, either.8964 copyright protection51PENANAAnh09JnkrE 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANA2Fdd6EtcYZ
8964 copyright protection51PENANAvFuMjR0Ito 維尼
Not anymore.8964 copyright protection51PENANAqHzgsIUkL7 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAAXo6EExR5l
8964 copyright protection51PENANAKwecvCqn6Z 維尼
A woman walked across the stone in silence.8964 copyright protection51PENANAoMYOkx5037 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANA63YRyYYdwr
8964 copyright protection51PENANAMuJEEKpPM6 維尼
She wore a nun's robe.8964 copyright protection51PENANA8J3PyLUskW 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANA4U8k1mR43w
8964 copyright protection51PENANAnb5VasVILS 維尼
Her feet made no sound.8964 copyright protection51PENANAfPwzCilUhO 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAkDNtLpfO8l
8964 copyright protection51PENANAlSt1mT5oLS 維尼
Her eyes held no light.8964 copyright protection51PENANAN76rSUNfE2 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAEMuHurKqoG
8964 copyright protection51PENANAKENpdbKNPT 維尼
They were black holes—voids that didn't reflect, only absorbed.8964 copyright protection51PENANA5lilzAvd1D 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAm5a1zM9kBR
8964 copyright protection51PENANAvKCYyTIhar 維尼
Another figure stood nearby—8964 copyright protection51PENANAT8qmbGj9K4 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANANOLRtYwyUu
8964 copyright protection51PENANAq0ld4boAwt 維尼
Torso bare, her chest etched with verses from forgotten scriptures.8964 copyright protection51PENANAkI1PFpvooY 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAhpM4gtYi0s
8964 copyright protection51PENANA2BdxjYm1n4 維尼
Her arms were raised—8964 copyright protection51PENANAxrYEx6IXTW 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAXXtdeXoKve
8964 copyright protection51PENANA82hTSbZRbw 維尼
—but not in prayer.8964 copyright protection51PENANAocnBelDXQu 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAKU3G9z2RRy
8964 copyright protection51PENANAL7nV762DuI 維尼
In offering.8964 copyright protection51PENANA1ONOtY5kwh 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAaf7Zrsd9lN
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Not to a god.8964 copyright protection51PENANATZcRWkgtiT 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAAj7JxDKked
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But to debt.8964 copyright protection51PENANAkkgrWboqjf 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAGuc9YJSe9k
8964 copyright protection51PENANAMAT7fd3e1s 維尼
They did not speak.8964 copyright protection51PENANA0tvnvoOfAi 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAwiHtxuzr2B
8964 copyright protection51PENANAZav2f3PJDU 維尼
They did not blink.8964 copyright protection51PENANAnf0s2MyNrG 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAuGUryLoX8L
8964 copyright protection51PENANA0Z6jFhIJxk 維尼
Their humanity had not been taken—8964 copyright protection51PENANAV1GvB995Ew 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAUbsgF6KHWh
8964 copyright protection51PENANAeBALCcw7A3 維尼
—it had melted.8964 copyright protection51PENANAoBZAwvq41a 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANA5kekh0UmAn
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Abandoned like robes at a shoreline no one returned to.8964 copyright protection51PENANAz4mEHpvgOd 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAhVrwNWpHgQ
8964 copyright protection51PENANAGc89yPdE3q 維尼
These were not people.8964 copyright protection51PENANAMoxTfWyx9y 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANA3OxNNN6FZS
8964 copyright protection51PENANAHS8Dx648xn 維尼
They were what faith had tried to forget.8964 copyright protection51PENANAhp4aueB5eV 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAN6UgBbB2Pz
8964 copyright protection51PENANA0x40JqGnhG 維尼
Then, another figure emerged.8964 copyright protection51PENANAqzHsg7Lo7F 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAXxYsyJmCMT
8964 copyright protection51PENANA5EGZSOqmzW 維尼
Closer.8964 copyright protection51PENANAF2QiDPZFtX 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAOdUlNRt8Vt
8964 copyright protection51PENANAq2Xe2tLTKV 維尼
Slower.8964 copyright protection51PENANA0CXtVNKxzJ 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAYulKYq7IHt
8964 copyright protection51PENANA2LiPCi0B0N 維尼
A woman.8964 copyright protection51PENANApdT8W2hj0F 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAvCYAjKN34Y
8964 copyright protection51PENANAEvT5479VcZ 維尼
She wore no makeup—8964 copyright protection51PENANA2qG4YcNqSm 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAlBFhHxzDjI
8964 copyright protection51PENANAMHKf2tPJkw 維尼
She wore a mask.8964 copyright protection51PENANAxTQmVkdfpd 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAMb3ioPUg4m
8964 copyright protection51PENANAu1AiZYbNNQ 維尼
But the mask didn't hide her.8964 copyright protection51PENANAWQ1ZpN989N 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAgEbwtqCal7
8964 copyright protection51PENANAOXMyf83mPa 維尼
It replaced her.8964 copyright protection51PENANA3ZKWV4PwHb 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAvqogwmZSjy
8964 copyright protection51PENANAQL0WqvdebI 維尼
It wasn't fashioned like skin.8964 copyright protection51PENANAziQlIuwBcm 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAw0ttrHvbaI
8964 copyright protection51PENANAYd9LXFyoqG 維尼
It was shaped like belief.8964 copyright protection51PENANAWUEKT3q8eB 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANA6yNSHKA7em
8964 copyright protection51PENANAghxRWG5K7i 維尼
And in this place, they did not sell flesh.8964 copyright protection51PENANAZF7u3fYMTB 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAMVV5vEQKVx
8964 copyright protection51PENANAd931vWdfhL 維尼
They sold God.8964 copyright protection51PENANAVaOaONdicX 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAeWFYaEwDKQ
8964 copyright protection51PENANAYveM2SCfAF 維尼
Her breath was strange—8964 copyright protection51PENANAsdmlh5rR18 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANApeaDqDa4r9
8964 copyright protection51PENANAGYbcfLXE6k 維尼
warm in one nostril, cold in the other.8964 copyright protection51PENANA3FTGZYmucQ 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAob4gehh0k7
8964 copyright protection51PENANA4TBz9AB20x 維尼
Alive, yet split.8964 copyright protection51PENANAho2n7HyZAJ 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAdWofXdqevG
8964 copyright protection51PENANAcLbK94GSMb 維尼
She stepped closer—8964 copyright protection51PENANAfXbnevRIYc 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANA87rsMfavC1
8964 copyright protection51PENANAJFYwNmrcQc 維尼
not seductively, but ceremonially.8964 copyright protection51PENANA4bejp5LoOb 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAZ0lQaO5nrp
8964 copyright protection51PENANAqFoXOF8iaz 維尼
Then she spoke.8964 copyright protection51PENANAZWYxTeNn52 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAR22ZNUqF1v
8964 copyright protection51PENANAejTsPIaj07 維尼
Her voice wasn't loud.8964 copyright protection51PENANAglhQ9rkWqz 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANANXptyZ3Kba
8964 copyright protection51PENANAr38aulX2Zn 維尼
But it struck like a hymn buried in ash:8964 copyright protection51PENANApGQlvvYSwr 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANA8MPgolyEQx
8964 copyright protection51PENANAu3bO1QLpbt 維尼
"Today... which God would you like to fuck?"8964 copyright protection51PENANAQCimyAlqti 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAoR9bZUogmm
8964 copyright protection51PENANAJ1prwWUtXW 維尼
Bagwell didn't flinch.8964 copyright protection51PENANAzudJBLy9t9 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAx865th6n2y
8964 copyright protection51PENANAbUAh7JAjMB 維尼
He barely even blinked.8964 copyright protection51PENANAAVSA9J9xFq 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANALmEGntNsMr
8964 copyright protection51PENANA3TydNnJyU9 維尼
He had expected the question.8964 copyright protection51PENANAoYsBBWQ3jY 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAj7W9SMcdos
8964 copyright protection51PENANAcG2cKbSKlc 維尼
Worse—he had expected the indifference behind it.8964 copyright protection51PENANASXvUfm6xxO 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANA9y5qXRBr54
8964 copyright protection51PENANAwqRUGMn2vu 維尼
His lips curled with dry mockery.8964 copyright protection51PENANABbQmkjVBBG 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAnqcLhRtZwe
8964 copyright protection51PENANALlqMNCormd 維尼
"Friday for me," he said.8964 copyright protection51PENANAn25Dt2zINn 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAmTL1bBZHlb
8964 copyright protection51PENANAesc42vSXj7 維尼
"The crucified one.8964 copyright protection51PENANADx9Zt2UoIQ 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAPeFm9aSpAH
8964 copyright protection51PENANAVqUZMbXUq6 維尼
The other cried too much last time."8964 copyright protection51PENANAghQAM2bxXl 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAXDvCYDlAeb
8964 copyright protection51PENANAMrMKD46mKi 維尼
He didn't say it to her.8964 copyright protection51PENANAPHmPaDTWD9 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAjpHa9ZTkR0
8964 copyright protection51PENANAPPX4Gc3LVJ 維尼
He said it at Langley.8964 copyright protection51PENANA5zYsiWhJaF 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAyYZCBuGAZk
8964 copyright protection51PENANAyoYfortu8o 維尼
Almost as if to explain something he hadn't been asked.8964 copyright protection51PENANAkOLCUtAaFe 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANA3KDSdNHd9b
8964 copyright protection51PENANAayCt5XyWA8 維尼
Langley didn't answer.8964 copyright protection51PENANAtUycIPrD95 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAmYZsYlS0ba
8964 copyright protection51PENANAHwj925Owx0 維尼
Bagwell looked ahead again, voice low:8964 copyright protection51PENANARVG711amKy 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANA0ybXIeOuLy
8964 copyright protection51PENANAy6DDHdlKim 維尼
"They keep calling."8964 copyright protection51PENANAHRhNwZD8cA 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAhnChk50Qf6
8964 copyright protection51PENANASx2VEs3ipB 維尼
He exhaled.8964 copyright protection51PENANAWLNB5fQbe9 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAeE5rfKELQ0
8964 copyright protection51PENANAEUytFjSR2L 維尼
Not smoke.8964 copyright protection51PENANAvTpiMZ37WI 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAX13eo86Z3l
8964 copyright protection51PENANAvi5HXVKF4c 維尼
Fatigue.8964 copyright protection51PENANA015KcZ5qcc 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAeEjoVnecGW
8964 copyright protection51PENANAEvn65BFYb2 維尼
"But when no one answers...8964 copyright protection51PENANA3uE7LkTtwC 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAUkD3nI49jw
8964 copyright protection51PENANAjJfpa86VFm 維尼
They don't pay the price.8964 copyright protection51PENANAT27VgoUsZ6 維尼
55Please respect copyright.PENANAGxTVqrC2VM
8964 copyright protection51PENANAnemxPFOeI5 維尼
Just cheap prayers."8964 copyright protection51PENANA94IIEyZ6VU 維尼
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