The Distant Machine
The ink was still wet. It glistened on the parchment like a fresh wound, dark and viscous, smelling of iron and crushed berries. Thomas sat in the high chair. It was not a chair for a boy. It was a throne of black oak, carved with faces that screamed silently into the dark. The Hall of the First Word was vast, a cathedral of stone and shadow where the air hung heavy with the scent of old dust...
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