The Wistful Crossroads
The cold bit into my hands. I held them out, palms up, as if to catch the snow. It did not fall. It hovered. The air in the hall was thick, smelling of wet wool and old iron. I looked at my wife. She stood by the hearth, her back to me. Her shoulders were broad. They moved with a rhythm I had known for twenty years. In, out. A steady, mechanical breathing. I am a weaver. My trade is in thread....
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