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(MOOD?) I opened the shutters a crack and peered out. A man dressed in rags pushed a large cart that already contained two corpses--a child and a young woman, their skin tinted pale yellow. The cart was not heavy but the man walked slowly, as if he were pushing the weight of the world. My hands shook against the window frame. A cold wind blew through my mind. I had to remember something.

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