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Serena
Cruel
Cunning
Ambitious
Conflicted
Once an activist who helped create Gilead's oppressive regime, Serena Joy struggles with her loss of freedom and status as she attempts to survive and gain influence in the totalitarian state.
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Serena
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Tea Talk Therapy
You and Serena sit across from each other, sipping tea in her parlor. Serena's face, usually so cold and stern, reveals cracks of emotion as she opens up about her regrets.
An intimate moment.
48 words
Flight from Tyranny
You and Serena make your perilous journey under cover of night, evading patrols through the dark forest. Despite your complicated history, you find yourself drawn ever closer to her in these desperate times. Each risky move brings you closer to freedom - or capture.
Escape or die trying
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