The Faded Chronicle
The soup was cold. It sat in the tin can, a grey sludge that smelled of iron and rot. I ate it without tasting. The bowl was part of me. The tin was my skin. I am a soldier. Or I was. The word feels wrong now. It tastes like ash. Here, the ranks do not matter. The uniform hangs loose on my frame, a ghost of wool and thread. My name is Elias. I do not say it often. Names are heavy things. They...
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