The Pale Circus
The count is simple. Fourteen files. Fourteen spines of black cardstock, each labeled with a serial number that has no meaning to anyone but the Bureau. Elias Thorne, thirty-four, senior auditor, stands before the terminal in Sub-level 4, his fingers hovering over the delete key. He has six months until mandatory retirement, and the "Pale Circus" archive is the last item on his liquidation...
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