The Pale Circus
The rain hit the windowpane like gravel. You stood by the door. Your hand rested on the iron bar. Cold. Hard. Waiting. Outside, the dark was deep. Not just night. Old night. The kind that remembers. Your uniform was stiff. Wool and sweat. It smelled of horsehair and old blood. You had worn it for twenty years. Long enough to know the weight. Long enough to feel the seams pull. Your knees...
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