The Distant Cartograph
The ink freezes before the paper does. I know this because I have watched the tip of the nib clog for three days straight, the black fluid turning to sludge in the freezing air of the survey tent. My hands shake, a tremor that starts in the marrow of my wrists and works its way up to the shoulders, making the straight lines waver into jagged, accusing scratches. I am Elias, twelve years old,...
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