Category: Like Paper
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Like Paper: Chapter 5
By the time we landed at our final destination, I’d filled three barf bags. My blue skin had a certain green tinge to it, and I couldn’t stop my hands from shaking. The whole time I struggled to keep from damaging anything but twenty-four hours is a long time to be stuck on a plane.…
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Like Paper: Chapter 4
They sent a bus to pick me up. There were a few other supers, most of them around my own age, already on board. Harding and Kira were there as well. “We’ll be lightly sedating you for the trip,” Kira explained after we got my luggage loaded. “This way we’re less likely to have any…
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Like Paper: Chapter 3
It didn’t take too long for Harding and Kira to run me through the other tests, which all failed to reveal any other powers. That was a relief. I was silent as we walked back to the building where my dad was still waiting. “How’d it go?” he asked when we walked in. “She’s the…
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Like Paper: Chapter 2
It was an hour drive to the evaluation site where they would test my powers. I was expecting something like a doctor’s office but instead when we arrived it turned out to be a bomb range. It makes sense, since powers could be unpredictable and no one wanted to have to keep rebuilding or repairing…
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Like Paper: Chapter 1
I sat on the edge of my bed for far too long. I should be up and getting ready for the school day. I expect my mom or dad to knock on my door at any moment but I can’t get myself to move. Not yet, because I feel too different, almost alien in my…
Bridge of Broken Glass 