The Wistful Atlas

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The Wistful Atlas

The ink moved. I watched it creep across the parchment, a thin black vein extending from the compass rose toward the northern ridge. I did not look away. I could not. My hand trembled over the charcoal pencil, but the line persisted, independent of my will, tracing a contour I had not yet surveyed. It was October of 1893, and the air in my tent tasted of wet wool and iron. I am Elias Thorne,...

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