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<h1>
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Night Watch
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</h1>
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<p>
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There's the station. Michelle looks up at the clock. 06:41.
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The morning twilight gives the sky a pink hue.<br />
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<span class="quote speech">Shit! Two minutes.</span><br />
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She runs for the platform. Warm air hits her face as she enters the
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station – and the all too familiar stench of piss. She looks up at
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the signs. Something is off but she can't quite tell what.
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She runs along, looking for her platform, until she reaches the other
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end of the tunnel.<br />
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It hits her: <span class="quote non-speech">Wait...
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Where the fuck is platform 6?</span><br />
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She runs back. Platform 6 is nowhere to be seen. Someone grabs her by
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the shoulder.<br />
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<span class="quote speech">Michelle?</span><br />
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She opens her eyes and lifts her head, looking around in confusion.
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It's dark. A tiny bit of flickering light illuminates the room
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around her. Jack leans forward and sets a lantern with a candle on the
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table.<br />
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<span class="quote speech">Don't you wanna sleep in your bed?
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Your body would thank you.</span><br />
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She remembers. She was supposed to be on night watch until two.
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<span class="quote speech">What time is it?</span><br />
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<span class="quote speech">Three AM.</span><br />
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<span class="quote speech">Sorry.</span><br />
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<span class="quote speech">All good, nothing happened.</span><br />
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<span class="quote speech">What about the fire?</span><br />
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<span class="quote speech">Still embers.</span><br />
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She stands up, holding onto the table with one hand and moving her hair
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out of her face with the other. She thinks
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<span class="quote non-speech">When did I fall asleep?</span>
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Last thing she remembers, it was still bright outside.
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<span class="quote non-speech">8 PM? No, it's June. 9 PM?</span><br />
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<span class="comment">something has to be said here, dialog/paragraph
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feels unfinished</span>
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</p>
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<p>
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Wolves howling outside get their attention. Michelle suddenly feels very
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awake. Jack grabs a gun and checks that it is loaded. Michelle grabs her
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bow and quiver with arrows. They walk over to the entrance and look
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around. It's still dark, but barely bright enough to see. The sky
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over the mountain ridge to the north-east is a faint green, the rest is
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deep blue and some stars are visible. A pack of wolves is down by the
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river, minding their own business. The two watch the wolves for a while
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before concluding they probably aren't a concern for now. Jack puts
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the gun into the <span class="comment">holster?</span> on his belt and
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Michelle lays bow and quiver down and sits next to the embers.
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</p>
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<p>
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She grabs a few sticks of dry fir, needles still attached, and pushes
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them into the embers. After a bit of blowing on them, they go up in
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flames. Jack dumps a pile of dry fir and other sticks on it and they
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both blow on the flames.
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</p>
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<p>
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<span class="comment">This chapter ends with Michelle sleeping next to
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the fire.</span>
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</p>
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