One Day All This Will Be Yours
A murderous time-war survivor guards the end of time, until future visitors force him to confront his broken mission.
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Plot structure labels used: frame through dog perspective, first-person opening, shift in narration, experimental escalation, cause-and-effect chain, grotesque reveal, bitter comic turn, closed-circle apartment plot, short-form compression
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