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Nicholas Boothman
Chapter 10: Truth
Rewritten
1. The Archive Under the Steps
Morning came sultry and gray. The sea had the
color of old coins. From a hidden courtyard behind
the cinema, Zhara guided them through a grated
door and down a staircase worn by a century of
contraband feet.
“This was a telegraph junction,” she said. “Then
radio. Then nothing. We made it something again.”
They entered a chamber lined with shelves of tin
boxes and paper reels. Copper plates hung from the
ceiling like a wind chime too heavy to move. In the
center, a circle of mismatched chairs faced a
battered console whose meters danced like small
excited dogs.
“This is where we teach the city a different
memory,” Zhara said.
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