The Faded River

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The Faded River

The dream was not a story but a texture, a heavy, wet wool pressed against the inside of my skull. I woke with the taste of rust in my mouth, the iron tang of old blood or perhaps just the dryness of a throat that had forgotten how to drink. Outside, the city of Oakhaven was waking, not with the bright, hopeful chirping of birds, but with the low, grinding moan of gears and the hiss of steam...

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