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Cover illustration for Painting Over Paradise, B1 Spanish story

Painting Over Paradise

Pintar sobre el paraíso

The rocket landed exactly where the flight logs said it would. Now a mechanic, a heartbroken engineer, and a broken radio antenna are all that stand between a domed city and the truth about where its grandparents really went.

Part 3 of 3 in The Promised Sky

Abril no dijo nada al principio. Levantó las manos, ásperas por el trabajo, y tocó la cara de su hija, como si necesitara comprobar que era real. «Te dije que no confiaras en los discursos», susurró al fin.

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