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"Perfect Cycle"
by Craig Maddux
Forty years of perfect water. Not one thank-you.
A funny, warm-hearted sci-fi short story for fans of Murderbot and Becky Chambers
# Sci-Fi
# Humorous
# Cozy
# Space
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Nothing good has ever been reported before eight in the morning. Dr. Zola Khumalo is a psychiatrist for the Bound, the divine servants who live inside the machines of the generation ark Cantica. Today’s case: an entire neighborhood’s water has gone tepid. Not hot. Not cold. Exactly 81.3 degrees, at every tap, no matter what anyone does. The young tech on duty is thrilled. The water reclaimer is sulking. And Zola is about to find out what forty years of perfect work feels like when nobody ever said thank you. A short, funny story from the world of Notice of Intent to Cease.