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Lexy loaded a stack of papers into the scanner and sat down to wait for them to finish running through. She touched her band. Putting it back on was one of the hardest things she’d ever done, but as they drove closer to the city limits, she began to feel the pressure of uncontrolled Psy energy and knew she had no choice. Jared offered one of the disabled bands to her, but she still needed the active band. Even with it, her senses were heightened now. She was constantly distracted by people moving through the building, pulsing during their Psy session breaks, and the like. She tried to focus as she was taught the previous day, but it was difficult when all she wanted to do was leave this life behind and escape to the freedom of The Valley.
She took the papers from the output tray and sa
