The Distant Cartograph

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The shrapnel sings in your teeth. You are running. The mud sucks at your boots. The sky is grey and broken. You hold the compass. It is cold. It is small. It is brass. Your father’s. You remember his hand. You remember the smell of pipe tobacco. You remember the silence in his study. He did not speak. He just held it. You do not know why you have it. You do not know why you are here. The war is...

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