The Golden Compass

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The table groaned under the weight of silver. It was a heavy, oak thing, scarred by decades of use, but tonight it held the world. Roast pheasant. Melted butter. A wheel of aged cheddar that smelled of the barn floor. My brother, Silas, sat at the head. He cut the meat with surgical precision. He did not look up. Eat, he said. I ate. The meat was dry. The bread was stale. I swallowed. You are...

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