The Distant Cartograph
The soup was hot. It burned the roof of your mouth, a sharp, sweet pain that tasted of thyme and old iron. You held the bowl with both hands, the ceramic warm against your palms, while the steam rose in lazy, translucent ribbons. Across the table, your brother, Elias, did not look up. His eyes were fixed on the center of the wooden table, staring at a knot in the grain as if it were a portal to...
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