The Wistful Grid

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The Wistful Grid

The ink was still wet. It glistened under the tallow light, a dark, viscous pool in the center of the parchment. Julian held his quill aloft. His hand trembled. The vibration traveled up his wrist, into his shoulder, settling in the marrow of his bone. He was a scribe. A minor clerk in the House of Records. His hands were stained with oak gall. His back was bent. He was not a king. He was not a...

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