So here's the beginning of something that I started writing the other day... all you really need to know is that it's set sometime in the near future, in an America devastated by a catastrophic plague. "government" and "society" are things that have basically disappeared.

any comments/concrit/suggestions would be great!

(WARNINGS: trauma-induced amnesia in the protagonist)

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 “Is he alive?”

“His pulse is strong. Are we safe?”

“They’ve been here, but they must be long gone. It looks like there was a struggle… they must’ve come across this guy, knocked him out and taken his supplies.”

“I’ll ask, when he wakes up.”

I opened my eyes, and saw two women looking down at me. One, with curly black hair and a kind face, was kneeling next to me. She realised that I was awake and smiled. “Hey,” she said. “How are you feeling?"
 

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