The Golden Circuit
The ink was still wet. It bled into the parchment like a bruise. I wrote my name. Elias. Just Elias. The court scribe across the table did not look up. His quill scratched. A dry, mechanical sound. The sound of a cage closing. I am a stranger here. In this city of stone and steam. The air tastes of iron. And coal. And old rain. I came for work. For coin. To pay the debt of my father’s silence....
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