The Faded Masquerade
The brass badge sat heavy in my palm, its surface worn smooth by twenty years of thumbs and the sweat of men who no longer existed. It was a simple oval, tarnished to a dull brown, but when I brought it close to my ear, I could hear a low, persistent hum, like a steam pipe under pressure, whispering my name in a voice that sounded like gravel shifting in a riverbed. I am Elias Thorne, Sergeant...
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