magisternihil's 100-word story for March 6, 2026

magisternihil wrote the following micro-story on Hectalex on March 6, 2026. Each story on Hectalex is inspired by a daily visual prompt and must be exactly 100 words.

He was going to have to eat crow. He hated crow. It was murder to chew. Granted, he never should have pretended to know what he was doing. He was just so sick of Andrew being the expert on everything and everyone oohing and aahing over his knowledge. It looked so simple on the map. Just a straight line through the hills. Why did there have to be a blasted impassable mountain in the middle of it all? With a sigh that echoed around the canyon he didn’t realize was there, Victor headed back to camp to reveal the news.

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