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15. Silence

It amazed her, just how loud silence could be. The statement made no sense, but there was no other way to put it. She had become so used to screams, to crying, to explosions, and alarms, that now, sitting on the ruins of the capitol, the war finally over, the silence seemed deafening. She stared out across the ruins, the torn flag hanging limp in the absence of a breeze. Nothing was moving, the only thing she could hear was her own breathing.
She lit a cigarette, blowing the smoke out and watching it twist in the air. Even so, there was no sound beyond her breath, beyond the occasional rustle of her clothes as she brought the cigarette to her mouth for another drag.
Ennis sighed eventually, standing up and putting out her cigarette, before going inside.
It amazed her how loud silence could be.

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15. Silence

It amazed her, just how loud silence could be. The statement made no sense, but there was no other way to put it. She had become so used to screams, to crying, to explosions, and alarms, that now, sitting on the ruins of the capitol, the war finally over, the silence seemed deafening. She stared out across the ruins, the torn flag hanging limp in the absence of a breeze. Nothing was moving, the only thing she could hear was her own breathing.
She lit a cigarette, blowing the smoke out and watching it twist in the air. Even so, there was no sound beyond her breath, beyond the occasional rustle of her clothes as she brought the cigarette to her mouth for another drag.
Ennis sighed eventually, standing up and putting out her cigarette, before going inside.
It amazed her how loud silence could be.