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He tapped the button. The screen went white for a second, the processor whirring as it unpacked 16.46 megabytes of change. As the download bar crawled forward, Elias felt

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For three months, the town of Yarra had lived in a state of suspended animation. Rumors of the Golden Square redevelopment had traveled through the local bakeries and park benches like a low-frequency hum. Now, the hum had a file size. He clicked.