The Pale Meridian

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The Pale Meridian

The smell of iron and wet wool clung to us. It was the smell of the mine. We sat around a table that shook with the vibration of the pickaxes below. Cider sloshed in clay cups. The light was amber, low, and thick. We were a family. Or so we said. "Drink, Thomas," Old Silas said. His voice was gravel. He tapped the table. The wood groaned. I drank. My hands did not shake. Not yet. "We need a man...

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