The Distant Promise
The steam from the boiler room tasted of iron and old rain. It clung to my throat, a wet, metallic tongue that refused to be swallowed. I stood before the great brass valve, my hands trembling not from cold, but from the sudden, violent clarity that had pierced the fog of my days. The air in the Foundry was thick, a solid thing that pressed against my eardrums. Outside, the city of Ashworth...
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