The Faded Root

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The Faded Root

The jar sat on the mahogany desk, a squat cylinder of glass that had lost its label long ago. Inside, a brown sludge clung to the sides, thick and viscous, smelling faintly of damp earth and old pennies. Arthur Pemberton, Senior Archivist of the Ministry of Historical Continuity, stared at it. He did not blink. His eyes, red-rimmed and tired, tracked the slow, viscous creep of the substance as...

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