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The Singularity
Category: Sci-Fi
The train pulled out of the station with a long, mournful whistle.
She smiled, but it did not reach her eyes.
A knock at the door changed everything.
The map was old, its edges frayed, but the path it showed was unmistakable.
The letter was still on the table, unopened, as it had been for three days.
The stars that night seemed closer than they had any right to be.
She had learned long ago not to trust promises.
The fire had burned down to embers, but neither of them moved to stoke it.
The end.