The Pale Letter
My fingers were deep in the brass housing when the drop fell. It was a single bead of black fluid, viscous and cold, landing on the velvet mat of my workbench. I did not wipe it away. I watched it sit there, a perfect sphere of ink that did not spread, against the grain of the oak. The orrery was silent, its planets frozen in their orbital paths, but the air in the shop felt thick, as if the...
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