The Faded Shield
You wear the coat. It is heavy wool. It smells of tobacco and wet wool and old blood. You have worn it for six years. You do not wash it. You do not take it off. It is your skin now. You stand in the rain. The town is gray. The rain is gray. Your face is gray. You look at the shield. It is on the wall. It is faded. The red paint is peeling. The gold is dull. It looks like a wound that will not...
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