The Faded Quadrant

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The specimen tag dangled from Elias Thorne’s fingers, a slip of white cardstock brittle with age. It read: *Orchidaceae, sp. 402-B. Status: Anomalous. Action: Catalog.* He turned the tag over in the dry air of the archive, the fluorescent tube above him buzzing a low, electric note that seemed to vibrate in his molars. At fifty-four, Elias had spent thirty years preserving the state’s botanical...

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