The Faded Quadrant
The morning light entered the scriptorium in thin, dusty shafts, illuminating the motes that danced like suspended souls. Brother Anselm sat at his oak desk, the wood worn smooth by three generations of scribes, and held a quill that had not yet touched the parchment. In his left hand, he cradled a small, iridescent beetle. It was not a creature of this world, not in the way that sparrows or...
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