invisible wounds

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I stared at them from across the yard, hands drifting across the pages of a notebook half torn to shreds. Their eyes a color I had never seen before, hidden behind the worn out threads of a hood.
They glanced up for an instant and locked with mine, looking me up and down before gazing into my face.
I shook myself and ran inside, clawing at my clothes to cover every inch of me.
I felt cold and strange.
If I could see their wounds so clearly, could they also see mine?

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