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Virus: novel in progress / exposition changes

Changed destination city to Philadelphia. Consolidated initial exposition conversations in chp1. Established character reference in hardware store scene for medical use later.


Shortened chapter 1 and 2, cutting extensive irrelevant dialogue and placing timeframe of certain scenes earlier.


Established stark difference between pre-event normal and post-event urgency to take place within first 2 chapters.

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