Shared to Death

The Sharing Agreement said everyone was equal. Radiation, toxic dust, physical labor—all split evenly per head, running automatically. But he saw the healthy being drained one by one by this fairness—the portion exceeding the threshold was automatically transferred to the person with the largest remaining balance on the ledger, and in a chain, they were drained in turn. He had no system, only a pair of eyes: burdens manifested as colors, lines, and choke points, and he knew exactly how much each person carried for someone else. Outside the district were the mutated, shared to death, who recognized only balances, not people; above the accounting house, there were still unseen people. He would not carry it for you, nor make decisions for you. He only laid the black ledger open and let you sign it yourself. — Description from novelcodex.orgFull novel: Shared to Death — read the rest free on N​o⁠v​e⁠l​C⁠o​d⁠e​x⁠.​o⁠r​g⁠