The Distant Legend
The air in the laboratory tasted of iron and ozone. "You are burning the roots, Elias," the voice said. It was not a human voice. It was the sound of wind moving through dry reeds, of stones grinding together deep in the earth. I did not look up. My hands were stained black with soil that did not exist in any catalog. I was digging. I always dig. "Stop," the voice commanded. I kept digging. The...
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