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Nicholas Boothman
Chapter 16: The Mirror
Labyrinth
1. Door of Water, Door of Light
Access K yielded to their knock like a throat
swallowing. The tunnel accepted their lamps and
made light seem like a reversible opinion. The
nearer they drew to the maintenance bubble, the
more Henry felt the Curator’s cadence tighten the
measure of his breath.
At the final bend, the door with the mirrored
disk waited, polite, inevitable. Henry raised a hand
and stopped. The oval burn on his forearm
thrummed under skin.
“No words,” he said.
Sera nodded. She placed her palm on the disk.
The metal cooled and warmed by turns, as if
unsure which mercy to offer. Thirteen faint arcs lit,
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