The Faded Quadrant

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The rain tasted of iron and ash. I held the vial in my left hand, the glass warm against my palm, sweating with the heat of my own grip. Inside, the liquid swirled, a pale, viscous gold that defied the light. It was medicine. Or perhaps poison. The distinction had grown thin, like the frost on the windowpane. I was a man who had carried guns for thirty years. Now I carried this. The weight of...

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