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The silence was the first lie and then Jo said,
'What you doing in the Holosuite later?
'Oh, I'll race my Hog across the desert under the moon.'
'What about you?', asked Ken.
'I’ll watch children play on a beach.'
They fell silent, too ashamed to see each other’s tears. Far below, the dead Earth still burned.
