The Faded Portrait

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2026-08-19 20:01:33 -

The bell in the tower had not rung in three days. We knew this because the silence was louder than the clang. It pressed against the windows of the workshop, a thick, wet thing that tasted of iron and old rain. I held the chisel in my right hand. The handle was worn smooth by the sweat of a hundred years of craftsmen before me. My knuckles were white. I did not look up. I was carving the face...

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