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In which a small assembly of government officials confronts the astonishing reality of unnaturally prolonged life, pondering its implications with a mixture of levity, dread, and political intrigue, all the while grappling with their own youthful infirmities of mind and spirit. The tension between youthful vitality and the wisdom of age unfolds in a discourse marked by prejudice, wit, and the poignant awareness that humanity’s ultimate maturity may lie just beyond the horizon of time.
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