The Distant Journey

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The rot was black, a wet vein pulsing through the heartwood of the old oak. You pressed your thumb against the bark, feeling the give of the decay, the softness that should not have been there in a tree that had stood for a century. "It’s just a patch," you said, your voice tight, trying to keep the tremor out of it. "A specialist can graft it out. We can save it." Your father, Thomas, stood...

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