The Wistful Atlas
The quill in Elias’s hand was heavy, a goose feather of such dense down that it felt less like an instrument of writing and more like a piece of dead bird, its weight a constant, grinding pressure against the joint of his thumb. He held it over the vellum of the Royal Census, the parchment stretched tight over the oak frame, the surface slick with the particular, damp smell of the archive room...
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