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The Flood

Havermouth, Present Time

“It’s Biblical out there!” Tyler exclaimed.

“Water brings things to the surface,” Talen agreed.

They stood in the center of the road through Havermouth. Aislen looked from Talen to the street around them, her eyes dragging, the colors harsh and causing haloes in her vision. All around, the traffic had come to a standstill, the pedestrians standing like statues on the footpath, all looking down as the water came rushing in, swirling in brown froth around their feet.

A dream, she told herself. It’s a dream. Not real.

“Bodies in the water,” Heath commented from behind her.

She almost managed not to start when something brushed against her leg, looking down knowing what she was going to see. It wasn’t any easier, but she forced herself to look, to stare unflinching down at the water-bloated decaying body that drifted just under the surface.

A woman, her hair snarling around her head like riverweed, her long dress torn and filthy, riding up her thighs. Her belly wa
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Roberta
life is never a 100% sure thing. but to know after the fact make you want to knock heads for deficiencies, and neglect .human error is .most of the problems that kill many . it hurts everytime.
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