The Distant Joke

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The Distant Joke

The iron was cold. It had been cold for three days. Silas Vane stood before the anvil in the center of the workshop. Dust motes danced in the shaft of light cutting through the high window. They were thick, yellow, and slow. They moved like tiny, trapped ghosts. Silas watched them. He did not move. His hands hung at his sides. They were bare. They were rough. The skin was cracked. The nails...

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