Ep. 4 — Green Ground
Two days inside the wall, and the most dangerous thing Zaira has found so far is kindness.Zaira's chapter, told from hiding. The people inside the wall are not starving the way the Dead Expanse starves — but they don't look entirely free either. Farmhands move through the grain fields at a pace that reads less like honest labor and more like quiet performance, as if someone important might be watching. Outside, Zaira realizes, you perform strength so nobody targets you. In here, maybe you perform contentment, so nobody in charge decides you've become a problem. On her first night she watches…
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