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Chapter 161: THE COST OF BEING WATCHED
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... Not distance of geography, but of perception. The space between decision and consequence. Between language and lived experience. That space had once been wide enough to protect authority from discomfort. Now it had narrowed.
Not closed.
But close enough to feel heat.
Aria sensed the shift less in public moments than in private ones. Conversations that once ended with polite deferral now lingered uncomfortably. Officials spoke with hesitation, aware that every sentence mig ...
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