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Nicholas Boothman
A priest in Boston said he no longer believed in God. The church burned that night.
A teacher in Glasgow told a child he had never liked him. The clip went viral. By evening, the teacher was in hospital.
A CEO in Tokyo admitted his product did not work. His stock collapsed.
Then he jumped.
Henry read the report twice.
“Stop,” Claire said.
He looked up.
“What?”
“Don’t turn him into a data point.” “I’m not.”
“You are. I can see you doing it. You’re sorting the dead into necessary and unfortunate.”
Henry flinched.
Vincent said quietly, “She’s right.”
Jinji kept typing, but slower now.
Henry stood and walked to the window.
Below, the street was full of people moving too quickly, heads down, phones out, patches glowing behind ears like tiny verdicts.
“We need to slow it,” Claire said. Jinji shook her head. “We can’t.” “Can’t or won’t?”
“That’s not fair.”
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