#this chapter is a little glimpse into anthony's shitty experience in the military

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six sentences sunday

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Made some more progress on Ch. 9 of The Eye of the Storm this weekend. I had hoped I might have something ready to post by now but it’s been slow-going. Here’s a snippet, probably more than six:

“I almost worked here,” Anthony says when the elevator doors slide closed. He keeps his back to Deacon. “When I was trying to get out of field work, switch to a desk job. They tried to put me here.” He lets out a noise that might’ve started life as a laugh. “They tried to bury me here.” 

Deacon swallows. The elevator hums. “What is this place?” 

“It’s a Listening Post. They’d keep a man or two here to tap into enemy radio frequencies, listen for anything useful.” Anthony turns a little, back toward the doors. It’s too dim to see his expression, but the glow of the elevator buttons catches oddly on his glasses. “That’s what it said on the tin. But the brass all knew, there wasn’t anything to hear. This was where they dumped the people they couldn’t find a reason to discharge. The people they wanted to get rid of.” 

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