The Golden Myth
The scalpel slips under the bark with a wet, gritty resistance, and you feel the tension in your wrist before the blade even breaks the surface. You are Elias. You are forty-two, and your hands are shaking, not from the cold, but from the sheer, brittle weight of what is at stake. The golden fern, *Pteris aurata*, lies on the table of the general store, its fronds curled like dried paper, its...
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