Violet CLAW
The engine hissed steam and went silent.
The silence that followed was worse than the storm.
"Fix it!" the head nurse screamed, throwing herself at the side of the machine. "I promised my daughter I’d be home for her first hunt next week! You can't let us die here!"
She was a veteran healer, usually the pillar of the hospital, but the shadow of death had broken her. We were all human, all terrified.
"Crying won't move the mud!" I shouted, my voice cracking but carrying over the rain. I slammed my shovel into the dirt. "If you want to see your families, keep digging! We make our own exit!"
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