The Distant Metropolis

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The iron gates of Aethelgard had not rusted, for rust was a thing of time, and time here moved with the slowness of stone. I sat in the shadow of the high wall, my legs tucked beneath me, holding the small, cold weight of the bird in my lap. It was a wren, no bigger than my thumb, its feathers the color of dried blood and ash. It did not breathe. It did not sing. It was a thing of pure, silent...

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