The Distant Cartograph

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The ink smelled of iron and rain. It was a cold, metallic scent that clung to the fingers, seeping into the cuticles, staining the pores a permanent, dull grey. Thomas sat at the heavy oak desk in the attic room. The house was old. The beams groaned under the weight of the snow outside. He was ten years old. He held the quill with a grip so tight his knuckles turned white. Before him lay a...

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