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“Why do you do this?” The voice is even, unfrayed. No jagged edge for Mara to wedge the script into. She adjusts the headset; the foam is damp and smells like old breath and lemon cleaner. The plastic headband sticks to her hair, oily where it rests. She hates that. She hates most things that touch her. “For you,” she says, and hears how thin it sounds, how laminated. She’s said it so often it’s shriveled to a rind. Her name badge: MARA, presses a square into her sternum through her sweater, a little brand. She imagines ripping it off and ...
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BASTIAN His desk was a mess. Papers littered everywhere, spilling onto the floor and piling up around the full waste bin. In fact, the whole apartment was a mess. Dishes in the sink, and dust gathering on the piano keys, because he wasn't the one who played it. The only room in the apartment that wasn't cluttered was the yellow bedroom. Her clothes were still in the closet, folded and hung up from the last time she cleaned her room. "What a change from last year," he thought to himself. Last year, her room was the messiest. Last year, h...
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