The Wistful Mountain

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The letter lay on the mahogany desk, its seal broken, the ink already fading into a brown stain. It was a refusal. Lord Vane, the King’s Chief Engineer, had declined to inspect the prototype steam engine. The reason cited was instability. He spoke of a phantom pressure spike, a "Ghost Valve," that defied all known principles of thermodynamics. The document was cold, official, and final. I...

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