The Wistful Throne
The air in the Hall of Whispers tastes of iron and old rain. You sit on the cold stone floor, your back against the rough-hewn pillar. Your knees are drawn up to your chest. You are tired. Not just sleepy. Bone-tired. The kind of tired that settles in the marrow and refuses to leave. You are a scholar. Or you were. Here, in this place that smells of damp wool and decay, titles feel like stones...
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