The Wistful Cipher

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The brass compass lay on the table, its needle trembling with a nervous, arrhythmic twitch, as if trying to decide which direction was a lie. "You're late, Silas," said the woman in the chair across from him. Her voice was dry, like leaves scraping against pavement. "The Institute does not like to wait. And I am not the Institute. I am merely the gate." Silas adjusted his collar. The air in the...

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