The Golden Compass
You wake in a bed that smells of damp wool and iron filings. The dream is still clinging to you, a wet cloth pressed against your face. In it, the sky was the color of bruised plums, and the city below was silent, not empty, but held in breath. You remember the weight of the seal in your pocket. It is heavy. It is cold. It is the only thing you have left. You sit up. The room is small, a cell...
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