The Distant Affair

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Requisition Form 104: One (1) specimen, Phalaenopsis, for immediate disposal. The ink on the ledger line was still wet when Jian Huang signed it. I‌⁠⁠‌‌‌‌‍‍⁠‍‍⁠⁠⁠‌⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠⁠‌‌‌‌‍‍‍‍⁠‌⁠‌‌‍‌‌⁠‍‍⁠‌‌‌ The banquet hall smelled of burnt sugar and stale sweat. Forty-seven of the Old Brick kilns had fired the plates they ate from, a fact that weighed on the air like a damp...

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