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Marathe in the Ennet House waiting room — "The addicted patient limped and leaned…"

quote

The addicted patient limped and leaned far to a side, though was attractive in the blond stereotype of the U.S.A. image-culture.

Context

Marathe's first sight of Pat Montesian, exiting the Office ahead of him: he files her limp and list under "addicted patient," a misread the intake interview corrects — her damaged gait registering before her authority does.

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