Xiao's Scrapbook

A collection of tales, poems, and literary what-not.

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+ Trust Issues

The trust of the innocent is the liar's most useful tool. — Stephen King

I never got to know my parents growing up.

My uncle told me they were always on the move, on the run.

He never told me why.

+ Soul Grinder

A short entry by Targus

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Throughout the course of war, the kingdom has been running low on power to supply the forges and the presses. Even forced cutbacks and segregation of nonessential processes from the grid could do little to remedy the shortage.

The King implored me to assemble a team of the best alchemists and inventors in the kingdom to come up with an advanced solution to provide more power to the forges, in order that our mounted infantry would be able to continue to war against our dishonorable neighbors.

Toiling for days and nights