The Distant Machine

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The ink in the pot was the color of dried blood, a viscous dark that clung to the nib of my fountain pen with a stubbornness that mirrored my own refusal to let go. I sat in the high-backed chair of the General’s office, the leather groaning softly under the weight of my uniform, the gold braid on my shoulders feeling less like honor and more like a shackle forged in cold iron. Outside the...

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