The Distant Cartograph
The dining room was a cathedral of silence, suspended in the amber glow of chandeliers that had not been cleaned since the last century. You sat at the head of the table, the mahogany cold against your thighs, the weight of the silverware in your hand feeling less like utensils and more like shackles forged in the heat of expectation. The air was thick, perfumed with the scent of burnt sugar...
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