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Chapter 107 Soft Cells
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2026-07-02 00:15:04Residential care smells like clean laundry and lemons.
Bad lemons. Chemical lemons. The kind sprayed over a morgue floor after someone with a paper badge decides the room should smell cheerful.
The lift carries us up through the core shaft without sound. Glass walls, silver light falling away beneath our feet, Caleb standing in front of the doors with his hands still folded.
Damian does not let go of me.
That should make me angry.
It does.
It also kee
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