““What?” I ask. The myth that all middle-aged women like children is just that, a myth. “That,” she points. “It’s a candle,” the man working on the skid says. “Come over here, Theresa, I need you to hold something for me, okay?” Clearly her father. They both have the same pale, washed-out look, like faded cotton. Newcomers. Maybe whatever life they’d been living before they got here washed them out that way. The little girl looks up at me, not sure what to make of me, then obeys. I’m walking the... perimeter, checking for an air leak. I know it’s here, I just don’t know where it is. We use a very old-fashioned way to locate leaks, whenever we get a flag that the air mixture is off somewhere in Jerusalem Ridge, I come out here and prowl around with a candle, using the flicker of the flame to find the leak. Don’t go looking for Jerusalem Ridge on your map, it’s called New Changsha, or Sector 56/C-JRU, depending on whether your map is dated during or after the Cleansing Winds campaign.MoreLessRead More Read Less
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