Lake Lewisia #625

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"There's a heart in every loaf of bread," Leslie explained to the new hire, both pairs of hands pale with flour as they kneaded side by side, "on account of the yeast, see?" They told the story of fungal lifespans playing out in the rising dough, a collective organism and an environment together in the greased glass bowl. "It's not just chemistry, like a cookie--it's alive, it wants to be bread, and our job is to help it along and stay out of its way."

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LL#625