The Distant Joke

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The Distant Joke

The seal was not made of wax, nor of lead, nor of any metal that the blacksmiths in the valley below the palace knew how to forge, for it was etched directly into the surface of the air itself, a shimmering, translucent glyph that hung in the center of the High Hall like a suspended breath, and I stood before it, my hands trembling not from the cold that seeped through the stone floors but from...

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