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Cyberpunk Cinderella
100 Faces in 100 Stories — No21
Jan 21, 2023
The man called me El when I awoke the first time, but I had no memory of the name or the body I found myself in. A metallic hand rose up in the stark white light of the hospital room; it took me a moment to realize that the hand was my own.
“It’ll take time to adjust,” he said. “But believe me when I say we made the right decision for you.”
Sensors in my brain — another surprise — told me my temperature was rising, my heart pounding in my ears.
“No,” I said.
That was all I could manage.
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