hope among the dead
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"I thought it was the end, now I wish it had been, a new virus, loss of all that matters. Hope, love, happiness. It's all gone. So is the world. And the world didn't end in an explosion, or in fire, but rather one scream at a time." I whisper, watching the reality of the world sink into his face.
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