Barron didn’t blink. He reached under the counter and pulled out a device that looked like a cross between a 1950s transistor radio and a medical heart monitor. It was brass-heavy and warm to the touch.

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Through the static, he heard his own voice, terrified: "Get out of the house, Arthur! The gas—"

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