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The Last Hour of the Long Shift

13 min · Everyday kindness · Kindness · Comfort

In the quiet late-afternoon hours of a nearly empty department store, a weary cashier at the end of a long shift is met by a small girl counting out warm coins for a gift, and a simple, unhurried thank-you gently restores something the woman had forgotten she was missing.

An original Somnus story.