Title: Refugees, VII Prompt: epidemic Word Count: 100
“Religious cult?” Severus fished a second dose of headache remedy out of his robes and swallowed it, neat, despite it tasting unpleasantly like fish oil laced with salted licorice. “That justifies turning on one’s family and friends? Good God.”
“One of their prefects told me that this cult leader claims Oagadou was the source of HIV infection for that part of Africa. A lot of families withdrew their children for their safety and either educated them at home or sent them to Cairo for tutoring,” said Poppy. “It’s senseless. Did you know they burned the library? All those books – “