The Wistful Mirror

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The soup was cold. It had been sitting in the tin can for three hours. The condensation had frozen on the rim, a thin layer of ice that cracked when Elias struck the metal with his spoon. He did not care. He ate. The beans were mush. The broth was grey. It tasted of rust and old pennies. This was the price of the badge. This was the price of the city. Elias Thorne sat on a bench in the park....

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