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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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