Tough Skin
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Last published Fri, Dec 15, 2017
The battle for Herringwood has been raging for almost an entire 3 years now. Allthough i've only been in the dirt for 2 months, I feel weary, as I have been fighting in the "hole that fills itself", but I cannot stop to rest. As our brilliant Commisar Cecil Archwick once said, "This is a war of intense deprevasion and starvation, the outcome of which will not be determined by whoever shall be left standing, but by he who can rationally think by the end of it." These are words as wise and true as the Elder Stone-readers. I hope I won't lose sanity by the end of the next volley. Farewell!
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