The Distant Cartograph
The brass astrolabe sat on the desk. It was cold. I touched it. The metal held the chill of the room. It had been my grandfather’s. It was his, and then it was mine. Now it was only a thing. A heavy, tarnished circle of gears. I looked at it for a long time. The light from the window was grey. It was late in the autumn. The leaves outside had fallen. The air was thin. I felt the weight of the...
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