The Wistful Silence

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The ink was wet. It bled into the vellum like a bruise forming under skin. Master Aldous sat at the heavy oak desk, his fingers stained black up to the knuckles. The room smelled of oak gall and dust. Outside, the rain lashed the stone walls of the abbey. It was a cold, gray Tuesday. The year was indistinguishable from the last. Or the next. Time had thickened here. It moved like honey in a...

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