The Ruins of the North Lodge - DawnThe sun clawed its way over the jagged peaks of the mountains, casting long, pale shadows across the valley. It illuminated a scene of absolute devastation.The North Lodge was now gone completely. In its place lay a smoldering crater of blackened timber and stone, the smoke still rising in a lazy, twisting column into the crisp morning air.Around the crater, the snow was still stained with chaos. Weapons lay scattered around like broken toys. Vehicles were also crushed. Bodies, some still frozen in blocks of ice, and the others broken by unseen forces, all littered around on the ground in the clearing.But in the center of all the carnage, there was a patch of impossible green.A perfect circle of lush, vibrant summer grass, that seemed like an impossibility, defying the winter chill, bloomed amidst the ice.And in the center of that circle sat Alexander Smith.He was naked from the waist up, his skin smeared with soot and ash, but he didn't feel
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