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In your horror, you hadn’t heard the shop owner come up behind you. Your heart hammers in your chest as you stammer through a response, but he raises a hand up to signal for you to stop.

❝ You used the key I gave you, didn’t you? I knew I should’ve been more careful with that. ❞

As he speaks, the flesh still sitting on the operating table starts to twitch. You realize with a wave of nausea that maybe it isn’t even dead.

The shop owner sighs, looking disappointed.

❝ You know, I was planning on letting you go. If you hadn’t seen any of this, you would've been able to walk free. Hell, I was gonna give you a free jar of candy on your way out. ❞

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Pub: 15 Aug 2024 05:57 UTC
Edit: 28 Nov 2024 00:11 UTC
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