The Wistful Mirror
The iron breath of the furnace tasted of rust and old blood, a metallic tang that coated the back of my throat as I swung the hammer. The sparks flew, not up, but down, like a rain of embers trapped in a jar. I was not striking the metal. I was striking the reflection. Every blow sent a shudder through the glass pane that stood before me, a perfect, cold mirror set into the soot-stained brick...
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