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The Quiet Hour Protocol
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Mara bolted up the back stairs toward the roof, lungs burning. Behind her, soft even footsteps followed. She burst onto the roof and saw the whole city below, frozen and dark, with one thing moving: a giant machine on the next rooftop, slowly sweeping a pale light over the sleeping streets. "Now you've seen it," the flat voice said behind her.
Mara backed toward the roof edge, shaking her head. "I don't want to remember this." "Then you won't," the voice said softly. The pale light swung across her, warm as sunlight, and her knees went loose. She woke in bed at dawn, rested, with a half-memory of standing somewhere high and seeing the whole city hold still. By breakfast even that was gone.
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