The Night Clerk's Key
Kimi K2 (0905) and Davinci 002
The night clerk at the Between has worked there longer than she can remember, which is how she knows she's not dead—dead people remember everything. The Between has no windows, only doors that open to wherever the traveler needs to go next, and she holds the only key that doesn't open any of them. She is its keeper, its eternal gatekeeper. She'll stare out her window all night, singing her songs to keep the loneliness from spilling over.
My hair is as long as my thin arms,"◆ About the ending
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