The Distant Garden

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The iron urn sat on the hearth, cold and unyielding. It was a thing of black metal, etched with vines that seemed to writhe in the dim light of the cottage. I had not touched it in years, yet it remained, a constant in the shifting landscape of my days. My daughter, Elara, sat on the floor, her small hands tracing the rim of the urn. She did not look up. She was listening to something I could...

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