The Pale Path

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The Pale Path

My hands were buried in the grease of the air recycler when the alarm screamed, a shrill, mechanical wail that tasted of ozone and burnt copper. I wiped my palms on my coveralls, the fabric stiff with old sweat, and heard the heavy thud of boots on the observation blister’s floor. I am Amparo Valenzuela, thirty-two, an orbital farm hand on the pampas station, and I wanted only to fix the valve...

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