The Faded Frequency
October 12, 1912 The count is simple: three hours of smoke, two wings collapsed, one ledger burned to ash. I am eleven years old, and my hands are black with soot, the grime worked deep into the whorls of my fingerprints, gritty and cold against the skin. I want only to be believed, to keep my place at the table, but the air in the main hall is thick with the scent of wet char and the sharper,...
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