“Patient 507 keeps saying something about a camellia,” Dr. Eagan says.705Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeSTXmYUSQg
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“He’s growing camellias in the garden,” Nurse Josephine says quickly, hoping the explanation will allow Dr. Eagan to leave without giving Patient 507 and injection.705Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1dr0TGYPaL
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“It seems he’s asking for a particular one,” the doctor says, leaning over the bed.705Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMT0dpRSvhe
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“Oh!” Nurse Josephine says, reaching into her pocket and pulling out the pressed camellia bloom he gave her. “This one?”705Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYpsP24MABN
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“No, no,” 507 says, thrashing against his restraints. “Camellia, not a camellia.”705Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZozwfyjyXD
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Nurse Josephine thinks about him running to her in the middle of the night. In her sleepy haze, her heart fluttered like hundreds of tiny moths brushing their wings against her ribcage. He was the flame they sought. But he just kept saying he needed to find a camellia.705Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmJ4W6UWpJs
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She takes a step toward the doctor and reluctantly asks, “What shall we do?”705Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlfr9bsyXoZ
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“Four hundred units of insulin,” the doctor says grimly, his back rigid as he straightens up.705Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO9VHg95Dff
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She fights to keep her face calm and expressionless. She nods slightly and gets the needle ready, trying to imagine him as just another nameless, faceless patient, not the man who gave her the flower.705Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA3Lar8piYF
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