The Wistful Incense

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The ink dries. It always dries. I watch the black blot settle on the parchment. It is a small, dark eye. It looks at me. I do not look back. Professor Aldous Thorne is waiting. He sits in the high-backed chair. His face is a map of old lines. He holds a cane. The cane taps. Tap. Tap. Tap. It is the heartbeat of the room. "You are late, Julian," he says. His voice is dry. Like leaves. "The hour...

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