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The Quiet Hour Protocol
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Mara ran down the middle of the empty street, past frozen joggers and a paused bus full of still passengers. At the corner she stopped cold. A repair crew in gray suits was moving between the frozen people, calm and quick, adjusting them like mannequins. They were awake too. And one of them turned and looked right at her.
Mara turned to run, but the frozen joggers behind her weren't frozen anymore. Their heads turned, slow and smooth, all at once, to face her. The whole paused crowd was watching now. "You're not supposed to be moving," they said together in one calm voice. They all took a single step toward her, and Mara's heart slammed against her ribs.
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