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DRABBLE DROP: Life in Grayscale
WORD OF THE DAY: Grayscale
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“Why’s everything so grey?” Leo asked, kicking a pebble.
“No one remembers colours,” Jane replied. “It’s always been grayscale.”
Leo squinted, imagining the hues. “I read about colours once. They seemed… magical.”
“Magic?” Jane chuckled, a rare sound. “More like a dream.”
Leo picked up a discarded tin can. “What if we found them again?”
Jane’s eyes gleamed, a spark in the monotony. “Then we’d see hope.”
They walked on, the grey city looming. Jane glanced back, a hint of blue flickering in her mind. Leo saw it, too, a shadow of what could be.
“Tomorrow,” he said, “we’ll search.”
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