The Pale Bonsai

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The Pale Bonsai

The banquet hall smells of roasted pheasant and old varnish, a thick, suffocating perfume that clings to the back of your throat. You sit at the long oak table, your hands folded in your lap, fingers interlaced so tightly the knuckles turn white. Around you, the officers laugh. The sound is wet, heavy, like mud sliding off a boot. They clink their glasses, the liquid amber catching the low...

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