The Faded Chronicle
The banquet hall smelled of roasted lamb and stale wine. You sat at the high table. Your hands were steady. They had always been steady. This was your gift. This was your curse. The elders watched you. They waited for the sign. They waited for the tremor. It did not come. You cut the meat. You chewed. You swallowed. The silence stretched like a bowstring. Thomas sat to your left. He was young....
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