The Distant Machine
The ink had not yet dried on the final entry of the ledger when the rain began to tap against the stained glass of the workshop, a rhythmic, percussive sound that seemed to emanate from the very stones of the building rather than the sky above. I sat in the dim amber light of the oil lamp, the brass mechanism of the chronometer resting in my lap, its casing cold and heavy against my palms. It...
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