An online service rents memories for those who feel empty. You can borrow a childhood beach day or a graduation walk. The rentals come with vivid sensations and a ticking timer. One user rents a memory of a grandmother's kitchen and refuses to return it. Late fees arrive as dreams of repossession agents. Finally, they buy the memory outright, unsure if it was ever someone else's. Somewhere, another person wakes, missing the smell of cinnamon.
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