The Faded Chronicle

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The air in the foundry tasted of iron and old smoke. It hung heavy, a gray veil over the floor where the men moved like ghosts in the dim light. Elias Thorne stood by the great bellows. His hands were black with soot. They had been black for twenty years. He did not wash them. The grime was part of him now. A second skin. He watched the men. They were quiet today. Too quiet. The clatter of...

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