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The Mars Protocol
Category: Sci-Fi
A knock at the door changed everything.
The letter was still on the table, unopened, as it had been for three days.
The garden had been her mother’s pride, and now it was hers.
The market was bustling with merchants, their voices a chorus of bargains and boasts.
He had been waiting for her for what felt like an eternity.
The train pulled out of the station with a long, mournful whistle.
She smiled, but it did not reach her eyes.
Some doors, once opened, can never be closed again.
The end.