He didn't have fabric. He had his own worn-out uniform shirt, the one with the frayed collar. He hooped it clumsily, threaded the machine with scavenged white and purple thread, and pressed Start.
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At 3:47 AM, the design was ready. A jacaranda tree, rough and glorious, full of jagged edges that the manual called “digitizing artifacts” but Elias called “soul.” He didn't have fabric