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The next three weeks I got what I wanted, I didn't see his face. 'He must've gone back' I thought. Well good. He belonged there amongst other liars.

The Royals were the disgustingly rich politicians who turned our cities to dust.

That day two and a half years ago, they sent out millions of armed sentries into every home in the surrounding cities of the metropolis- where all government personnel resided. Every child, and their families, everyone- was taken and forced to live like slaves to the officials in the metropolis. They thought they had everyone, but they forgot to look underground.

In the years since no one had come to Marvale, but I knew eventually they would- and they did.

It took me time to re-adjust to the vast silence of nonexistent conversation that filled the rooms of my house and the lack of company on my daily outings.

I told myself 'I've done it before I can do it again', but truthfully I'd be lying if I said I didn't miss the sweet ignorance of thinking that people can simply just be honest. I also missed the relationship I thought I had.

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