Soule:
It starts off straight forward story, I thought I was just gonna be reading slice of mellow/mundane life, etc. - good twist, was unexpected. I have a gripe though, it seems like the clerk saw the man coming and told the boy to hurry home as a way to get him out of harm's way, so the second smirk seems really offputting.
other than that, strong flow, strong story, strong twist and a good connection abstractly to the topic.
Diablo:
as usual, good flow/multis. I wasn't a huge fan to start with, but upon rereading it grew on me. good take on the topic AND bringing in something important to the world.
Vote: Diablo
although I did like the twist and the smooth flow of Soule's piece, the second smirk was enough to make me pay more attention to his opponent. I also lean towards more current events/important topics, so this was purely pulling out preferences to decide the vote.
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