The Faded Portrait

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The hand was wet. Mara wiped it on her sleeve. She was in the middle of the exam room. The fluorescent lights hummed. A low, electric drone. She held the subject’s left palm. Her own fingers were cold. She pushed her thumb into the center of the other person’s hand. The flesh gave way. It did not feel like skin. It felt like wet clay. It felt like something that had been buried for a long time...

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