The Wistful Atlas
The compass needle spun lazily in its glass casing, a tiny iron heart beating out of rhythm with the world outside the tent flap. Elias Thorne held it up to the grey light filtering through the canvas, his thumb resting on the north-pointing end as if he could force it to stop by sheer will. The needle did not stop. It wavered, dipped, and swung back, indifferent to the forty-two years of life...
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