The Wistful Grid

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The Wistful Grid

The hand does not stop moving, even as the ink bleeds through the parchment, pooling into a dark, wet stain that looks less like a map and more like a wound. You are twelve years old, and your knuckles are split from where the Head Scribe, Master Aldous, struck you with the heavy oak ruler, but you do not look at the blood; you look at the map. It is a masterpiece of illumination, the kingdom...

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