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“How can anyone go up against a gun with nothing but an empty fist?”
“...those affable eyes. That exhausted smile.”
“My shadow's edges became aware of a quiet touch; the presence of another soul.”
“Hidden birds began to trill their morning song.”
“If I could hide in dreams. Or perhaps in memories.”
“The moment our eyes met and we laughed, carefree.”
“That was the memory I had to cling to, there in the pitch-dark thicket.”
“I needed more memories. I needed to keep spinning them out, quicker, in a continuous stream.”
“Biz, ateş bile edemeyen silahlı çocuklardık.”
“The past, like the bodies of the dead, hasn't stayed buried.”
“There are no souls here. There are only silenced corpses, and that horrific putrid stink.”