The Pale Verdict
The fever had a taste, like copper and old rain, and it sat on my tongue as I dreamed of the river. In the dream, the water was not water but a sheet of hammered silver, cold and bright, stretching out to a horizon that did not exist. I stood upon it, my boots sinking not into mud but into the metal itself, and my father stood opposite, his face blurred by a mist that smelled of lavender and...
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