The Golden Compass
The kettle whistles, a thin, high-pitched shriek that cuts through the damp silence of the infirmary. You look at the Director. He is counting coins in his palm, the clink of silver against silver the only other sound in the room. He does not look up. You want the vial. You have wanted it for three weeks, since the last dose failed to hold the fog at bay, since your hands began to tremble so...
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