The Distant Cartograph

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The ink stains your fingers. It is a black that does not wash out. It lives in the whorls of your skin. It is the color of dried blood and old night. You are a scholar of the map. You do not draw them. You correct them. The room is cold. The candle gutters. The wax pools like white bone. You hold the quill. Your hand trembles. Not from fear. From hunger. You have not eaten in two days. The...

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