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In Love with Peace — Obliged to War

Words Out West

This episode contains some adult themes, violence, and references to combat and war wounds, which may be unsuitable for some listeners. Listener discretion is advised.

(short story from the podcast MT3K)

The narrator in Sean Gallagher’s short story Morning Is My Favorite Time laments the damage done to his older brother after becoming a soldier — the brother who taught him "that no one wins a fight."

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