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The Ports Stay Dark

by Catherine Morrow

An intimacy auditor and her analog engineer keep one rule for eight months. The rule is the only honest thing either of them has left.


**Case 0001-A: The Rule**

The rule was that we never touched the ports, and for eight months we kept it, which is how I know exactly how much we wanted to.

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