The man with the gray coat returned the next day. He let himself in with a confidence that smelled of places untouched by alarm. He didn’t ask for the key back. He only watched Mira from the doorway while the tram hummed past in the city below.

Mira set the key on the counter. “It was a key for a city,” she said. “It wanted a hinge.”

“How much?” Mira asked. She ran a thin pick across the filigree and, impossibly, the metal hummed under her nail as if aware of the touch.

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“How much?” Mira asked. She ran a thin pick across the filigree and, impossibly, the metal hummed under her nail as if aware of the touch. The man with the gray coat returned the next day