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    "description": "Working at the local processing plant, Marcos is in the business of slaughtering humans\u2014though no one calls them that anymore. His wife has left him, his father is sinking into dementia, and Marcos tries not to think too hard about how he makes a living. After all, it happened so quickly. First, it was reported that an infectious virus has made all animal meat poisonous to humans. Then governments initiated the \u201cTransition.\u201d Now, eating human meat\u2014\u201cspecial meat\u201d\u2014is legal. Marcos tries to stick to numbers, consignments, processing. Then one day he\u2019s given a gift: a live specimen of the finest quality. Though he\u2019s aware that any form of personal contact is forbidden on pain of death, little by little he starts to treat her like a human being. And soon, he becomes tortured by what has been lost\u2014and what might still be saved.",
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