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    It’s not long after he leaves Penacony that Boothill realizes something is wrong. He’s just finished a bounty and manages to get back to his ship before he starts coughing. Coughing in itself isn’t unusual for him – the transition from his organic throat to the cyborg bits occasionally causes him some grief – but this is different. What starts as a slight tickle prompts him to cough harder and harder, something seemingly stuck in his windpipe. He hacks until he’s nearly keeled over, and finally, finally, his throat clears, whatever had lodged itself having come loose.

    He takes a few deep breaths to be sure, unclenching his fist as he stands back at his full height. His gaze is caught by a flash of red; in his palm, in stark contrast to the brushed metal, is a rose petal.

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