The Distant Blade
The air in the foundry tasted of iron and sweat. It hung heavy, a physical weight against the lungs. Thomas Whitmore wiped his brow. The cloth was dark. It was always dark. He stood before the casting basin. The molten metal glowed. It was the color of a dying sun. Orange. Red. A pulse in the dark. He held the ladle. His arms burned. The weight was absolute. It was not a burden. It was a truth....
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