While the orderly swore into his mic, I thought I could hear, in the gaps between his epithets, the sound of a low, rumbling chuckle in the background, as if it were being recorded from a great distance. But even from a distance, I could tell that the sound must have been far louder in person to have been picked up by the mic. If not for the poor quality of the recording, which made me doubt its accuracy, I’d probably have been freaked out enough to drop the case right there. You see, that laugh did not sound like any sound a person should be able to produce. It was too hoarse, too low, and
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