The Golden Compass
He dreamed of a seal. Wax, red and hard. The impression was a lion. His hand was not his hand. It was a tool of bone. He pressed it down. The wax cracked. He woke. The room was cold. Stone walls wept with damp. Thomas was a maker of seals. Not the kind for letters. The kind for truth. Or so he told himself. He worked in the shadow of the King’s court. A small shop. Smells of tallow and iron....
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