The Pale Tale
The road was mud. Thick, sucking clay. You pull the cart. The oxen do not pull. They stand. They breathe. Their flanks rise and fall like bellows in a forge that has long since gone cold. You are small. The sky is gray. It is a gray that has weight. It presses down on your shoulders. You are ten years old. You do not know why you are here. You know only that you must go. Margaret stands by the...
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