The Distant Journey
The air in the boiler room tasted of sulfur and rust. It was a thick, particulate fog that settled in the back of the throat, coating the tongue with the metallic tang of heated iron. I sat on a stool that had been carved from a single piece of oak, its surface worn smooth by decades of frantic, sweat-drenched hands. Above me, the great furnace roared, a mechanical beast of riveted steel and...
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