The Wistful Incense

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The soot on the boiler room wall was not black, but a bruised violet, and it smelled of wet wool and old coins. Thomas Vane, twelve years old and already hollowed out by the rhythm of the looms, pressed his thumb against the smudge, feeling the grit bite into his skin. He wanted the smell to stop, but it had become the only thing that made the air in his lungs feel solid. His father, Arthur,...

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