The Golden Circuit

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The ledger recorded four hundred and twelve beetles, each one assigned a specific vial of sugar water, a precise weight in grams, and a date of acquisition that stretched back to the year of my father’s death. I had counted them twice, my fingers numb from the cold that seeped up through the marble floor of the dining hall, while the candles burned down to their wicks and the air grew thick...

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