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And it was all a dream

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Si woke.

He was in his hammock at home. The room stank of sweat - it did no matter what you did to it after years of close-packed kids sneaking into adulthood here. Sunlight poked its fingers through the dirty window. Squinting, he lifted his head. The collection of hammocks and sofas and pallets and blanket nests were empty other than a few sleeping teenagers. They must have been on a job late last night. All being well, he snuggled back under his blankets, and shut his eyes tight.

A sharp kick jolted him from below.

“What was that for?” he groaned.

“Uncle’s pissed you slept in!” He couldn’t work out which of the little kids it was.

He tumbled from his hammock to the floor, and patted the backs of his shoulders. Nothing there. No wings, no tears, not even any pain. He grabbed his pack of cards from his breast pocket and flicked through them. The Ace of Hearts was missing.

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