The Pale Tale

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The Pale Tale

Elias. The name hung in the air of the sorting room, dry and sharp, spoken by Mr. Halloway with the casual disdain one might use to shoo a fly. Elias did not look up. His hands were deep in the morning’s intake, fingers slick with the damp cold of the coastal mail, sorting envelopes that smelled of salt and old paper. The linoleum floor was worn smooth in the center, a pale oval of use where...

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