The sign requires presence. It is present.

The 'PLEASE TAKE A NUMBER' dispenser at the bottom of the sign is empty, which means the fish already took one. Five minutes before this, the man in the plaid shirt behind the glass was the only person in the room, and he had just finished reading the same pamphlet twice. The fluorescent panel overhead lights the room the way a refrigerator lights a refrigerator -- complete, flat, indifferent to content.

Jul 9, 2026

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