Colors
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We called it the Pen. None of us actually ever knew what the facility we were held in was called. We never knew why we were there, where we came from, or if we'd ever leave. We called ourselves soldiers. We didn't know what we were, why we trained, only what we were capable of. We identified as Colors. We didn't know our real names, or if we even had them. We had numbers and colors; numbers on the wrists, colors in the eyes and hair. We thought we were heroes. We were wrong.
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The first time I saw the color, I thought it was a sign that things were going to work out. How could I not see those vibrant purples and cobalt blues framed in a swirling aura of chimerical colors lighting up the rumbling midnight storm clouds as a bad thing? How was I to know then that this color composed of many, but still one, was an omen while the world around us burned? That it wasn't to be our rainbow from God signaling our salvation from the madness that consumed those outside our borders? That the hues I failed to recreate with my crayons and pencils on the floor of my brother's cabin would twist and corrupt everything bathed in its light?

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