The Distant Wound

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The Distant Wound

The rain against the glass of the State Sanatorium was a rhythmic, indifferent drumming, a sound that had become the only clock Elias Vane knew. It was November of 1912, and the air in the chemical wing tasted of sulfur and stale paper, a flavor that had long since replaced the memory of woodsmoke and bread. Elias, thirty years old and hollowed out by six years of service, stood before his...

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