I checked my gas meter. I'd accidentally missed my turn to the Barnes and Noble, but was still driving aimlessly talking to my Dad. “Values don't necessarily save you from being a hypocrite,” I thought to myself as I pulled into a parking lot to turn around. I was wasting gas while talking to my Dad about how humans are screwing the Earth.
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As the plane lifted from the tarmac, my friends stood assembled on a bridge directly beneath the path of our initial take-off. The pilot flew low, maybe twenty feet over their heads, and I could see them screaming at us and mooning the plane below. My laughter was drowned out by the roar of the engine.Read More
Battle of Lucena
A weakened, orange half-sun sunk low to the horizon. The boulder-studded hills of Southern Castile were mute except for the far-flung screech of a Golden Eagle. The thunderous thud of hooves shook the silence first, and was soon joined by the clinking of steel.
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Thomas would not remember the brilliant blue vein of light usually accompanied by the mineral laser coming on, but he'd never forget the sound of the intercom system going offline forever; a deafening electrical snap. This was followed by a quiet explosion within the lab.
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