The Paula Manuscripts 1.0
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Paula is transitioning into a new dawn of her life: a nine-to-five.
But will her past let her move on slowly with her universe? Will the excavations she did at The Central Headquarters loom on her moments like a dark aura, like a dementer she had to tackle all her present life?
Increasingly, Paula finds she is living her past. Will she be her own universe?
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