Ella!" the voice yells, but I cannot tell where it is coming from. The sound wraps around me, spreading like spilt water — Beth Revis, The Body Electric
Ella!" the voice yells, but I cannot tell where it is coming from. The sound wraps around me, spreading like spilt water — Beth Revis, The Body Electric
Ella!" the voice yells, but I cannot tell where it is coming from. The sound wraps around me, spreading like spilt water — Beth Revis, The Body Electric
Ella!" the voice yells, but I cannot tell where it is coming from. The sound wraps around me, spreading like spilt water — Beth Revis, The Body Electric
Ella!" the voice yells, but I cannot tell where it is coming from. The sound wraps around me, spreading like spilt water — Beth Revis, The Body Electric
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Ella!" the voice yells, but I cannot tell where it is coming from. The sound wraps around me, spreading like spilt water and then evaporating into silence.

— Beth Revis, The Body Electric
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