The Distant Clue
The three hundred and twelve sacks of grain were counted, weighed, and stacked against the cold stone walls of the hall, each one a brick in the fortress of your livelihood. You sat at the center of the long oak table, the wood worn smooth by four generations of palms, your fingers resting flat against the grain where the varnish had chipped away to reveal the pale, raw timber beneath. The...
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