The Distant Cartograph

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You wake in a trench of cold mud. The air tastes of iron and wet wool. You are not alone. Beside you sits Thomas, his face a map of old scars and newer dirt. He holds a compass. It is not a normal compass. The needle does not point north. It points to pain. It spins wildly, then locks onto the bone-deep ache in your left shoulder. "Still hurts," Thomas says. His voice is gravel in a tin cup....

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