Ruins
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Complete Sun, Oct 1, 201715m
The ruins were the things of legends, legends too wild to be true, legends that spoke of ancient powers and impossible feats, that promised the people of the future immense power...or immense destruction.
But they're just legends, right?
Written for the Science Fiction contest Legends
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