The Pale Meridian
The foreman’s voice carried a crackle, like static on a wire, cutting through the damp air of the pit. "Elias. Elias, you there?" The smell hit first. Wet slate and sulfur, the heavy, metallic tang of the earth’s blood. Then the sound, the rhythmic clack of picks against stone, the groan of timber under pressure. You stood in the shaft, the darkness pressing against your eyes, your breath...
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