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Simple Talents

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Reads 207
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Parts 22
Time 4h 27m

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"Everyone on the planet has a talent", some can sing, some can do math at amazing speeds, some can get away with just about anything, but what happens when you are too good at what you do? You can sing so beautifully that people will follow you blindly, you are so smart that you know things and can learn things no-one else could, you can practically turn invisible when you want to to escape a problem, no matter how hard people search. What happens to you then? And how do you and those around you adapt?
This is the story of just that, a group of young teenagers with a handful of simple talents, trying to escape a group hell-bent on their destruction; a group with hands everywhere including where no-one suspects.
Can anyone escape this mass genocide?
And what does it truly mean to be 'Simply Talented'?All Rights Reserved

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