The Distant Legend
The ink on your knuckles is old. It has settled into the whorls and ridges, a permanent map of your trade. You are a clerk. You sit at the desk in the North Wing, the one with the broken leg that creaks under the weight of ledgers and silence. The air here tastes of dust and dried lavender. It is a smell that clings to the wool of your coat, to the leather of your gloves. You do not mind the...
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