The Pale Fracture

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The Pale Fracture

The thorn pierced my palm. I did not flinch. The pain was a sharp, white note in the symphony of my compliance. Outside the reinforced glass, the rain lashed the concrete. Inside, the air was still, sterile, and smelled of ozone and crushed chlorophyll. I held the seedling. It was a *Cotoneaster*, a small, hardy thing with leaves the color of bruised iron. In this place, we did not grow things...

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