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Weekly Contest #343
The office was a jungle of whispers dressed in polite voices. Maren learned early to walk carefully through its corridors, the low hum of printers and the quiet shuffle of papers blending into a constant background noise she could never fully escape. She kept her shoulders slightly drawn in, eyes observant, speaking only when necessary. Attention had always felt like heat against her skin, something that made her pulse jump and her thoughts scatter before she could steady them. Public speaking was the worst of it. Standing before a room felt...
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