The Distant Crown

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The Distant Crown

The ledger is balanced, the ink dry, and the light in the command hall has turned the color of old blood, slanting low across the stone floor where the dust motes hang suspended in the slow, rhythmic pulse of the walls. You have counted the hours since your last inspection, twenty-four in total, and you have weighed the cost of your silence against the weight of the pension that awaits you at...

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