The Faded Sutra
The feast was loud. It was always loud. The long oak table in the Great Hall groaned under the weight of silver platters, roasted swans, and piles of bread that smelled of yeast and sweat. I sat at the lower end, far from the high seat where Lord Aldous carved a leg of mutton. My fingers were stained blue with ink. I had been working all day. I was grinding pigments. I was mixing water. I was...
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