The Wistful Petal

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The Wistful Petal

The pill was red. It sat on the silver tray, a perfect sphere of crimson lacquer. It looked like a drop of blood frozen in resin. Or a petal. A wistful petal from a rose that had never known the sun. Eleanor stood before it. She wore the grey wool of the Institute. The wool smelled of bleach and old paper. Outside, the rain hammered the leaded glass. The city of London sprawled below, a grid of...

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