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The noonday sun was bright in the cloudless sky, casting silver rays that reflected off the windows of buildings on either side of the street. The air was quite warm, so warm you wouldn't be comfortable in much more than a bathing suit, but it was always hot in Arinas.
They had moved the barricade to an intersection much closer to the centre of town. Captain Bosama had managed to evacuate most of the wounded before another wave of drones came down on them. Anna and Cassi had done what they could provide cover, but a few people didn't make it.
Bleakness take her, even those few casualties had felt like a knife through the chest. She knew it was irrational; she knew it was impossible. She knew that if she gave voice to her feelings one of these soldiers would tell her that she was naiv
