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The Mars Protocol
Category: Sci-Fi
She smiled, but it did not reach her eyes.
The fire had burned down to embers, but neither of them moved to stoke it.
A cold wind swept across the plain, carrying with it the scent of distant rain.
The train pulled out of the station with a long, mournful whistle.
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.
There were stories told of this place, and none of them ended well.
It was the kind of night when secrets refused to stay buried.
The end.