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| | Walking After Midnight |
 | | A heavy rain earlier in the evening had given way to thick, humid air and a wispy, ankle level fog, but Gem barely gave the oppressive atmosphere a thought as she passed under the familiar stone archway. |
 | | Later in life, she had found peace in the quiet beauty of the place, as she walked the stone paths, dreaming of aspirations, of possibilities, and of love that most elusive and ephemeral of treasures. |
 | | That was rather an odd way to look at it, since Gem was sure that starvation and hypothermia were mostly responsible for the Union deaths, but she didn't argue with the stranger. |
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