The rain had not stopped. I was standing under the awning outside Building 6, putting on my jacket — the zipper half-done, the collar still folded, my bag over one shoulder — when I heard the door open behind me. The sound was specific: the glass door catching, the brief resistance of the seal, the soft hiss of the automatic closer as it released. I knew the sound before I turned because I had been listening for it, the way you listen for a thing you are not sure is coming, the body pre-emptive...
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Next in Chapter 16: Hasumi shows Kiryu the prints he made at fifteen — before he learned to be safe.
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