Refurbished
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Last published Thu, Jan 28, 2016
She should've died that day she was hit by the train.
But she didn't.
And now she is the Republic's new experiment.
She can do things other people can not.
She can feel things other people can not.
She is almost robotic.
She is Refurbished.
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