The Faded Root

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The Faded Root

The rain did not fall. It was pressed against the window glass by the wind, a grey, weeping skin. I sat in the back of the wagon, my hands bound with rope that smelled of wet hemp and old sweat. The root was in my mouth. It was dry, brittle, and tasted of iron. We were moving through the city. Not the city of stone and shadow that I had known for thirty years, but the city of the Watch. It was...

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