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The Observatory (iii)

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Chapter 3

The final clear night arrived with less warning than the instruments had suggested. Nathaniel stood at the open slit of the dome when Lila entered, the red lamps already glowing, the telescope locked on its last set of coordinates. The observation window that had governed their days and nights was scheduled to close at dawn. Neither of them had spoken of the departure during the previous hours, yet the knowledge sat between them like a third presence in the cold air.

“The atmosphere i
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