Life was a Stage
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Dust flew through the air. It was invisible alone, gray in piles. The ash, too. It was black alone, and black in piles. And there were many piles, both dust and ash, littering the broken path that the brother and sister walked.
A dark and vivid tale about a brother and sister, and their struggle to survive the apocalypse. A story where there are no heroes, only survivors.
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