The Wistful Cipher

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The ink was black. It was wet. It smelled of iron and rot. I wiped my hands on my apron. The stains did not lift. They sank into the skin. They became part of me. "Show me," said Master Aldric. I held up the scroll. It was a ledger. A record of debts. The numbers were neat. The handwriting was precise. "Is it correct?" he asked. "I do not know," I said. "I am not a scribe." "You are a student....

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