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The Sidelined Shadow
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Complete, First published Aug 19, 2025
Rain blurs the city. Shadows slip along the pavement.
On days like this, nothing walks alongside you quite the way it should.
By keeping things in the dark, you chase the ordinary, you stumble into questions you never meant to ask-about what lingers in the lamplight, what's missing when you look back, and why every answer feels just a little out of reach.
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