Acts of Proximity by Shab K.

"They flooded the valley. They submerged the town. The church stood here, the centre of town." Elizabeth Alejandra's gaze sweeps a wide circle, taking in distant grassy hills rising here and there through the water. But around the isolated cross, there is only smooth lake water reflecting an open blue sky. "Now, did they drown the inhabitants as well?"

"They flooded the valley. They submerged the town. The church stood here, the centre of town." Elizabeth Alejandra's gaze sweeps a wide circle, taking in distant grassy hills rising here and there through the water. But around the isolated cross, there is only smooth lake water reflecting an open blue sky. "Now, did they drown the inhabitants as well?"

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