The Distant Cartograph

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The theodolite trembles in your left hand, a vibration that has nothing to do with the wind and everything to do with the joint at the base of your thumb. You adjust the focus knob, your fingers slick with sweat inside the leather gloves, trying to lock the crosshairs onto the distant ridge line where the survey marker should be. The instrument is heavy, a beast of brass and glass that demands...

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