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Gately's dream-M.D. temptation (p. 887)

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It also occurs to Gately that esoteric is another ghostword he’s got no rights to throw around, mentally.

Context

Mid-temptation, while the dream-M.D. sings through the controlled-substance schedule, the lexical haunting resurfaces: the residue keeps announcing itself, one unearned word at a time. The wraith's deposit is inexhaustible in a way the dream around it isn't.

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