The Golden Compass
The brass weight of the astrolabe sat on the desk, cold and indifferent to the humidity rising off the floorboards. It was a relic from a time when navigation was an art rather than an algorithm, a device of engraved lines and pivoting arms that had once guided ships through storms by the light of stars now drowned in the glare of streetlamps. I kept it in the study, not because I used it, but...
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