Word Count: 100
Of Silences
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There is a silence hanging in the air around them. They look at their captain—his eyes hooded—and wait, exhausted, trembling, but still.
And then, he jumps up with a thunderous rumble; a laugh bursting forth.
He says, "We did it!" and the faintness of loss echo around them, quietly while they weep at the sight of his deafening smile.
Many years later they gather around his grave--next to his brother's--and it's a silent day, but the sun is shining and his voice filters throughout their ears and they think, each one to themselves, 'We did it.'