The Faded Guest

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The Faded Guest

The trowel was cold, its steel surface slick with the dark, gritty mud of the potting bench. Elias Thorne held it in his left hand, the knuckles white against the rusted handle, while his right hand hovered over the dormant bulb of the *Phalaenopsis* orchid. The bulb was brown and dry, a shriveled thing that looked less like a plant and more like a piece of cured leather. He had spent forty-two...

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