The Pale Protocol
14 October. The pen slips from my fingers. It rolls under the desk, a small, humiliating defeat that signals my decline. I am sixty-two. My hands tremble. I want to catalog the final, sealed ledger of the late Director Halloway before the board’s audit in three days. The opposing force is my failing memory. I pick up the pen. It is cold. The wood is smooth. I write my name. The ink blots. I...
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