The Faded Chronicle
The rain had stopped, but the mud remained. It clung to my boots like a second skin, heavy and dark. I stood at the edge of the forest, looking back at the house. My father was gone. He had walked into the trees an hour ago, not speaking, just walking. I held the clay bowl in my hands. It was warm. Inside, the soup boiled gently. It smelled of thyme and old bones. I was a scholar of the old...
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