The Pale Path
The light came in low and yellow, catching the dust motes in the beam of the theodolite. I had counted the hours since the last reading: four. Four hours of stillness, of holding the instrument steady against the tremor in my hands. The wind had dropped, which was wrong. In the highlands, the wind never drops; it only changes its mind. I checked the level bubble. It sat centered, a small green...
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