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    Wilson was good at rules.

    He had avoided the obvious Abnormal Acts his whole life, for he had bound the impulses of his body with schedules, ethics committees, consent forms, and unspoken agreements. When his patients spoke, voices packed with grief and self-disgust, he understood immediately. He always did. Empathy came easily when it was someone else’s mess.

    Wilson used to respond to their pleas: “We’ll get through this,” a guilty sort of kindness drenching his voice, and he would be called a saint, a martyr, the Boy Wonder Oncologist with sympathy for all.

    What he did not tell them is that he had learned, young and thoroughly, how to punish a body for producing unauthorized thoughts. That he had broken himself into compliance often enough that the procedure felt routine.

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    09 Feb 2026