The Pale Dance

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The Pale Dance

I woke with the taste of copper in my mouth. The dream had been a lattice of gears, turning without friction, silent as a held breath. I was inside the machine. I was the machine. Then the alarm screamed, a jagged red line cutting the dark. I sat up. The room was cold. The coal was gone. I looked at the desk. The object sat there. It did not blink. It did not move. It simply was. The ring. It...

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