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Literature

Today I Am Victorious, part 5

Today I am a soldier. Brave, intimidating, ambitious. A general. My tent fills with the oily smoke of our lamps, the captains and strategists arrayed around me, planning dawn's battle. Their voices add to the ones only I can hear, boring into my skull. A man with a crooked nose and a deferent manner intrudes. "My lord general? My lord, the king wishes to see you." I nod. "Very well. I'll report to him immediately." I push back from the table, trying to ignore the bickering of my companions. Too many, too many people talking. Too many thoughts, too many memories. They aren't mine. Mine got lost, abandoned long ago in the morass