The Faded Root
The train slows in the gray throat of the industrial valley, a groaning beast of iron and soot that carries you deeper into the heart of the capital, where the air tastes of coal dust and old money. You are standing in the vestibule, your uniform pressed tight against your ribs, the brass buttons cold against your fingertips, counting the seconds until the station bell chimes. You are a man of...
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