The Wistful Dinner
The salt was wrong. It tasted of iron. It tasted of old blood. The bowl sat on the rough-hewn oak table, a simple clay vessel holding a thick, grey stew. The steam rose in lazy, curling ribbons, carrying the scent of boiled turnip and something darker, something metallic that coated the back of the throat. Elias did not eat. He held the spoon. The handle was worn smooth by generations of hands,...
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