Return and Restart

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The razed streets were abandoned by everything but the wind and its echoes.

Crouching with my back against the wall, I fired a warning as I saw a figure edge around the corner. They darted back with an exclamation and then I saw a head peer back around. I shot again, this time aiming closer. The person yelled again, but this time, my name.

"Rose you fool! It's us!"

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The rebellion failed.

We lost many of our people and one of our leaders. She was only 17; she was my sister.

She's been in a coma for two years and our city is barely getting by. It's ruined and half destroyed. We separate into teams to go scavenging each day, bringing back what we find to trade. Somehow, we are still alive.

But we might not be for much longer. A traveller has arrived and he has brought with him a story of death.....