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Eliot is twenty-two, and he is an Absorbent-a rare individual capable of drawing in ambient magic, shielding others from deadly anomalies.
Quiet Backwater is supposed to be his dream assignment.
Viktor, the station's medic-technician, knows better.
As the isolated outpost slowly reveals what this work truly costs, optimism collides with experience, hope with resignation, and two lonely men find themselves becoming each other's anchor.