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One Mistake
by Nadia Corin

I knew what one mistake meant here in this place. Type carefully, you fool. One key at a time.

The problem here, other than the consequences of an error, were that I never had any patience. Not a single ounce. I suppose that’s why I was assigned this job in the first place. That was the real torture, I suppose.

What does he need with all these letters anyway? Where exactly are they going to go?

That was something I wondered often. Most likely the letters themselves weren’t the point, they probably just got thrown into the dark fire anyway. The point was that I’d type them forever, as slowly as possible, without end.

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