╭┈•┈ ୨୧ ┈•┈╮
𝐀 𝐃𝐢𝐦 𝐋𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐀𝐦𝐢𝐝 𝐃𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐫:
𝙷𝚞𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚒𝚝𝚢'𝚜 𝙲𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚋𝚊𝚌𝚔, 𝙿𝚊𝚛𝚝 𝟷╰┈•┈୨୧┈•┈╯
[ʏᴇᴀʀꜱ ʟᴀᴛᴇʀ...]
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❝𝐀 𝐟𝐞𝐰 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫, 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐠𝐞𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐩𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭-𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐞𝐟𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐝.❞
❝𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐝, 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠.❞
❝𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫, 𝟖𝟒𝟔, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐠𝐞𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐖𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐚.❞
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❝𝐎𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝟐𝟓𝟎,𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐧𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐲 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐨𝐩𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐡𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤.❞
❝𝐖𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐬, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐬𝐚𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐫.❞
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We stood in a small circle around Armin, our breaths shallow and quiet as we watched him hold onto the last thing he had left from his family. His fingers clutched his grandfather's hat, almost like he could still feel the warmth of the person who'd once worn it. Tears traced down his cheeks, but he didn't make a sound. He just stared down, shoulders trembling, as if he were holding back the weight of the whole world. I felt a heaviness in my chest too, seeing him like that, knowing that his grandfather was one of the many who hadn't made it back. It was like each of us carried these invisible wounds, ones no one else could see but felt just as deep.
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أدب الهواة❝𝐈𝐭'𝐬 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩 𝐥𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐬.❞ The air tasted of iron and dust, the same mix that followed him since that day. [Name] tightened his grip on his blade, knuckles paling beneath the leather gloves. He could still s...