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Drabble #10: Masquerade
All three of them wear masks: the three great leaders of Atlantis. The moral, strong woman; the witty military flyboy; the callous, sarcastic scientist. Their masks go on as soon as they awaken, and no one seems to notice the difference between the mask's paint and their own skin. No one questions the roles they play, for those roles are needed here. The masks may bend, fall, and crack during the day, but they never completely leave their faces until the darkest hours of the night, when no one is around to see the imperfect, normal person behind the mask.
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