The Wistful Silence
The fog rolled in from the river, thick and cold, smelling of wet coal and rust. Elias stood at the edge of the pier, his boots sinking into the mud. He was not waiting for a boat. He was waiting for the water to change. The sky above was a bruised purple, heavy with the weight of the coming storm. It was 1893, a time when iron ruled the earth, but here, in the hollow behind the mill, the rules...
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