The late afternoon light, thick and golden, slanted through the laundromat window, illuminating the fine dust motes dancing above the folding table. A faint, clean scent of fabric softener and ozone hung in the air. The customer finished folding the last towel, stacking it perfectly into a cube that sat impossibly neat beside the cardboard box of detergent pods. The rhythmic slap of the fresh linen hitting the damp surface was the only sound, punctuated by the soft thud of the cubes settling. From the corner of the table, a glowing, jagged pyramid shifted, its internal structure vibrating with barely contained panic. It angled itself away from the nearest stack, its sharp edges twitching as if trying to escape the overwhelming perfection of the cubes. It felt the latent threat of the utility sink’s yellowed basin, a perfect, curved bowl, and recoiled, its glowing facets flickering with geometric distress.
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