The Faded Root

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The Faded Root

The train leaves. You watch it go. It is a black streak against the gray snow. The platform is cold. The air tastes of iron and coal dust. You are not angry. You are tired. You have been waiting for forty years. You are Dr. Arthur Vane. Or you were. Now you are just the man who fixed the clocks. You sit on the bench. Your hands are steady. They are always steady. Your daughter, Elena, stood...

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