The Distant Machine
You wake. The dust is thick. It coats your tongue. You are in the tower. The window is broken. A shard of glass cuts your lip. You do not bleed. You spit. It tastes of iron and old paper. You are Thomas. You are the Keeper. The village sleeps below. It is a town of stone and silence. The clock has not struck for three days. You know this because you are the one who winds it. Or you were. Now...
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