The Distant Wound

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The Distant Wound

The train smelled of wet wool and rust. Elias held his ticket to the chest like a shield. It was a small, crumpled thing. It was the only thing he had left. Outside the window, the gray fields of the Midwest stretched out, flat and endless. The sky was the color of old lead. He was going to the Spire. Everyone knew the Spire. It stood in the center of the capital, a needle of black glass...

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