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Like Paper: Chapter 41
When I awoke from my nap, lunch had already been delivered. Soup and a sandwich, which was a nice improvement from my usual fare here. The soup was cold but that was my own fault for sleeping so long. In addition to the food there were a few sheets of paper with the prepared responses…
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Like Paper: Chapter 40
I never understood why solitary confinement was so bad until I was in it myself. With nothing to occupy my mind I was stuck inside my small cell with nothing to do. I spent hours lying on my back staring up at the blank ceiling. I sang to myself but I don’t know that many…
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Like Paper: Chapter 39
When I awoke, my head was still throbbing in pain. I was still mostly blind but as I blinked my eyes I could sense that there was light around me. “Stay still,” a cold voice said over a speaker. I rubbed at my eyes but otherwise obeyed the voice. Slowly, my vision returned and the…
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Like Paper: Chapter 38
It took over an hour to get back to base. The driver wanted to make sure we weren’t being followed so they drove us quite a ways out of the way before eventually heading to the base. Some of the others had already arrived and were unloading. They were going directly from their vehicles onto…
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Like Paper: Chapter 37
For all I expected us to be rushing out of the base to rescue the captive supers, it still took us well over an hour to get fully kitted out. Body armor for everyone except me, rifles, pistols, and extra ammo for everyone except for me. I did get a headset radio like everyone else,…
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Like Paper: Chapter 36
I wasn’t told how long the flight would be and it was still only late afternoon, but as soon as we were air born I curled up in my seat, closed my eyes, and fell asleep. Besides the flight crew I was the only one on board the plane. I woke up as the plane…
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Like Paper: Chapter 35
I couldn’t rely on anyone else, I decided, to get the word out about what was happening. My only hope was to keep my head down, play along, and wait for my chance when I get to go home for a week. That’s exactly what I did. I got so good at playing soldier that…
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Like Paper: Chapter 34
Movie night was one of the new things they were introducing in order to help everyone calm down. I don’t know who was responsible for choosing the film but I found “The Great Escape” to be a bit ironic considering my own situation. I’d never seen it before though it was famous enough that I…
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Like Paper: Chapter 33
Colonel Trenton sat behind his desk, hands knit together in front of him, a scowl on his face. I stood at attention and he did not offer me a seat. “Are you trying to test my patience?” He asked “No sir,” I replied though I wasn’t sure if his question had been rhetorical or not.…
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Like Paper: Chapter 32
Meal time was one of the few opportunities there were for socializing. It was my third day since determining to get out of the Protection Force and each day, each meal, I’d been testing out different groups. Lunch was always a bit hectic since we were already a bit warmed up from morning drills and…
Bridge of Broken Glass
Stories from my mind that won't be quiet
Bridge of Broken Glass 