The Pale Altar

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The Pale Altar

The steam hissed. A high, thin shriek. It cut the air. I stood in the draft. The boiler room. Cold iron. Hot breath. I was twelve. My hands shook. The valves were red. The gauge was high. Above me, the Hall of Clocks. Great gears turned. Slowly. They ate the light. Brass teeth. Rust. The smell of oil. The smell of fear. We were the Keepers. We kept the time. We kept the heat. We kept the...

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