The Faded Quadrant

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The cough is not a sound; it is a wet, tearing thing that shakes the frame of the bed. You stand by the rail, your hands gripping the cold iron until your knuckles turn white, watching Elias Ward convulse. He is the shift supervisor, a man made of calluses and silence, and he is dying. The doctor, a thin man with spectacles that slide down his nose, has prescribed rest and broth. You know rest...

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