19/02/2026 05:19

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We came in the day before we had to take it. Thenthe man's head popped over the side of the trench, signaling the restto come into the trench as rehearsed. They much preferred civil to foreignwar. The bunkers, what withthe thick concrete and the jungle vegetation overhead, were cool andpleasant, if a bit damp.

Then one ofthem, Raikin, tentatively offered one possible answer. We go tomorrow. Heseemed to have something the rest of us had lost; a certain, oh,spark, I guess. He and the Sumeri met midway, almost at the colossal statue.