The Wistful Cipher

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The iron plate cracked under the weight of my shield, sending a jagged fragment skittering across the cobblestones of the narrow alley. I tasted copper and old dust. My breath came in short, ragged bursts, each one a labor against the thick, humid air of the city at night. The rain had stopped, but the mist remained, clinging to the soot-stained brickwork, turning the gaslight into a hazy,...

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