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Quorum of Salt
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I don't move. Just watch the vote counter climb. 250. 275. 300. And something clicks. What if it's not someone else? What if the sleeper is me? / But first I need to know: what's Bay 9?
I head to the lower decks. The corridors down here are quiet. Dark. My footsteps echo wrong. There. Between Bay 8 and 10, a door. It's old. The panel is dark. When I press my palm, something in the wall hums.
What happens next?
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The door opens slow. And there's Bay 9. Full of cryo-pods. Rows of them. All dark except one at the far end. The light inside is still on. The window is frosted. I walk toward it with salt still on my hands.
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