The Golden Horde, Chapter 3

Civilians. No, that was not the right word. Non-combatants, then. That didn’t work either. Everyone was affected by the global war of the past nineteen years. The best description was people with no control over their lives. Fallen leaves, waiting to be swept and whirled by a sudden gust of wind. Ghosts, with brittle smiles. One such specimen stood at the corner of the street. Smiling that empty smile of people living through hell. Sometimes, they didn’t even know it....

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