The Rust of Saint Aurelia
The settlement smelled of rust and sweat and the metallic tang of water filtered through cloth that had been washed so many times it was more thread than fabric. Children played with gear teeth in the dust, rolling them back and forth across the packed earth with the kind of concentration that children bring to everything when there is nothing else to concentrate on. Silas Mercer watched them...
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