The Faded Portrait

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The ink on the blotter is black, but it is not dry. You are wiping it with a rag that smells of lye and old sweat, your wrist aching from the repetitive motion. The stain does not lift. It spreads a fraction of a millimeter, a dark vein pulsing against the pale wood of your desk. Outside, the smoke from the Vane Textile Mill hangs low over Oakhaven, a grey blanket that smells of burnt cotton...

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