The Distant Whispers

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The iron knife bit deep. It slipped. Blood, hot and red as arterial fire, sprayed across the white linen of the table. I did not flinch. I wiped the blade on my apron. The stain spread. A dark star. A bruise. "Again," said the Mistress. Her voice was thin. Sharp as a needle. "The skin is too thick. You are clumsy, Elara. You have the hands of a mule." I looked at the duck. Its eye was open....

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