“Ever considered that you believe you belong here?” Julia repeated under her breath.

The prison Doctor asked her earlier in the day. Until that question reached her submerged consciousness, Julia had been running on autopilot. A state of mind where she went through the required motions but provided no cognitive input. It was the only weapon she had of keeping on the straight and narrow, to avoid finding herself in the hole.

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