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Guaranteed Human.

Previously on the chosen people.

Before the breaker of chains came, the Lord would send lesser heroes,

fractured and broken images of the deliverer to come.

They would be imperfect vessels in God's hands, crafted to lead Israel out of itself-inflicted destruction.

None of the good promises the Lord had made to the House of Israel failed.

Everything has been fulfilled.

I suppose humble things can accomplish great works.

Naomi carefully and slowly shut the door behind her, so the creek didn't wake the sleeping boys.

Her husband, Alemalek, came in while she was putting the children to bed, long after the sun had set.

He was seated at their modest table, defeat etched on his broad shoulders.

Resignation weighed him down and slumped him forward, his forehead in his hands.

Naomi softly padded to his side, careful not to wake the boys, and sat in the chair beside him. She gently pulled his hands away from his face

and met his gaze. Naomi was determined that whatever he said would not break her. But when his eyes found her, her heart ached at the broken pride and sheer failure she found there.

It's all going, isn't it?

Elimelech nodded in confirmation.

Elimelech felt as though he had failed his family. It was not his

fault that Israel faltered into famine. The clear and sunny skies seemed to mock him, and the

fields turned to dust in his hands. But he was burdened with the responsibility anyway.

Elimelech had already sold off all but one of their fields,

and he had let all of the workers go to attempt to buy food for his family.

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