The Golden Compass
The cage breaks. It happens at dawn. The iron bars, cold and slick with frost, snap like dry twigs. You are inside. You have always been inside. The air tastes of rust and old blood. It is a sweet, metallic tang. You breathe it in. It fills your lungs. It settles in your bones. You look down. Your hands are bound. Not by rope. By skin. The leather straps are part of you now. They have grown...
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