The Wistful Petal

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The Wistful Petal

Thorne. That was the name the algorithm spat out, cold and blue on the monitor. I stood at the border gate, the wind cutting through my coat, the sun low and sharp on the horizon. I wanted the quiet dignity of my final shift before retirement. I had twenty-two years of service, a pension of forty-one dollars a day, and a neural implant that hummed at the base of my skull. The opposing force was...

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