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An entry for the 2025 Mechsploitation Writer's Jam, on the theme "Postbellum"
What happens when the Hound turns on the Handler? What happens when she slips off the leash and wraps it around Her throat? What happens when a Hound starts running and doesn't stop? What happens when the rebel bases hold? When the conditioning fails? When the QRF arrives in time?
What happens once you and the woman you love win the war?
For Lena Haaken, insurrectionist volunteer, P.O.W. , Hound, fugitive, and successful subject of her government's experimental Hound rehabilitation program, the answer is simple:
Say yes when she asks to marry you. Split your pensions for a house. Take one step forward, every day. Try not to slip back down. Remember that she loves you.
Some days are easier than others. Here are two of them.