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794, I said to myself as I blew away the excess dust from the tally mark I had just finished carving on the wall. 794 days I’ve been down here. Where exactly that was, I had no clue. It was underground somewhere, that I was sure of. The air smelled wet, and dense, like a muddy puddle near a sewer drain does just after a long rain. There were no windows, just a vent that sometimes blew out hot air from the outside, or maybe from an air conditioner, it’s hard to tell. Twice a day, light would radiate through...
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