"The statue of the Virgin Mary peered out from her niche, looking serene despite the splash of bird poop on her pale blue cowl. Serenity, Kira thought. She could use some of that." From out 5/9 from . For more: https://t.co/c4ymf6pWJ7

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"Kira sat in one of the empty stalls & breathed it all in, leather & sweat & horse & hay, the almost-taste of dung. She wanted to sleep cocooned in the thick air, wake with hay dust & the scent of horse embedded in her skin." From out 5/9 from

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"The air turned leaden and the room dipped & rose, earthquake sharp. Kira stiffened. [...] The room, the air around her, settled into a slowstretched suspension, as if time had stopped." A death scene in out 5/9, . More: https://t.co/lsbmsDrOrL

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