The Pale Exile

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The Pale Exile

The soup was cold. Not just chilled. Stale. The surface had formed a skin, a pale, opaque film that trapped the steam beneath. It smelled of cabbage and copper. Of old pennies and wet wool. Elias stared at it. He did not touch the spoon. The bowl sat on the tray before him, heavy as a stone, in the center of the table. The table was oak. The room was stone. The walls were lined with books that...

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