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The Song With No Composer
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When the world steadied, a man was sitting beside her on the step. He looked tired and kind, a little like her father. 'You felt that,' he said. 'Good. The song is a key, Mira. You've been winding it up for months without knowing.' He pressed a small brass disc into her hand, and at once the eleven notes rang out with no instrument. The underpass folded away and she stood in a quiet white room full of doors.
Mira chose the nearest door and stepped through. She landed back on the underpass steps, on the very first winter night the tune arrived. A younger version of her sat there, lost and cold. Mira knelt, took the girl's hands, and gently taught her the eleven notes. The loop was finally closed, and she felt at peace.
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