The Distant Garden
The jar sits on the metal table in front of you, cracked down the center. It is a mason jar, the kind used for preserving peaches or tomatoes, filled with a thick, amber liquid that smells of burnt sugar and rot. You are a sergeant, though the rank feels less like a title and more like a bruise that has formed on your soul. The room is small, windowless, and painted a shade of beige that has...
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