The Pale Bonsai

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The Pale Bonsai

The denial letter lay on the desk, its ink dry and black as a bruise, stating in the sterile, bureaucratic language of the Bureau that my psychological profile had flagged as "unstable" and "high-risk," thereby disqualifying me from the promotion to Senior Field Agent that I had bled for over twelve years of service. I read it twice, the paper trembling slightly in my hands not from fear but...

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