Prompt: Numbers
Summary: (Emelan)Dedicate Crane's reflections on the Blue Pox and it's after affects.
Absence
Number of components used to create the Blue Pox:
Five.
Number of keys required to unravel the Blue Pox and find a cure:
Thirty six.
Number of deaths:
Hundreds.
Number of deaths that haunt Isas Crane:
One.
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Something is wrong. The air inside the greenhouse is constricting, pushing against his every organ. His hands—which only days ago were steady—now tremble like sand shifting over an earth tremor. Cold sweat gathers on the back of his neck.
Twelve times, Crane has turned to make an arrogant remark and sneer at his rival.
And twelve times, she isn't there.