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Nicholas Boothman
“Jinji’s the smartest of us. She always had an exit
plan.”
“Then what now?”
Henry drew a spiral in the dust on the rooftop.
“Now we prepare for what comes after the
Awakening.”
She gazed out over Lisbon’s skyline.
“You think people are ready for freedom?”
“I think freedom isn’t a moment. It’s a habit.
And most people are just learning how to hold it.”
Down in the square below, a small group
gathered.
No signs. No slogans. Just strangers in a circle.
One spoke.
Then another.
Not shouting. Just telling the truth.
Soft. And brave.
The echo after the Word.
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