Fiction

One in Six Million

A random word drabble: cattle

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Nils hit the scum in the shins with his truncheon. The beast yelped in agony. Nils hit again. The creature wasn’t working hard enough. A final slap to the head and Nils instructed the worker to continue digging.

The others pretended not to look, thinking Nils didn’t see. He did, but he did nothing to them. For now.