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FFM 2015: Babel

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They tried to shut it out, but it was no use. The virus wormed its way into their heads, tripping off of their tongues, and infecting their thoughts until all meaning had been stripped from them.

Clutching and terrified, they repeated glossolalic utterances until their ears bled and their tongues grew swollen. But it had stolen their language, and without it they were just a race of babbling idiots.
Flash-Fic-Month Day 20. A strange 'un today. 69 word story, using my own prompt of  "Linguistic Viruses". Glossolalia is "speaking in tongues".

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This concept is completely disturbing.  :nod: