The Distant Cartograph
The cold in the archive was not merely a temperature but a weight, a physical pressure that settled into Elias’s joints like damp wool. Brother Thomas, the junior scribe, paused at the door, his breath pluming in the thin air, and called out, “Elias, the Abbot requires your presence in the refectory. Now.” It was not a request, but the tone was flat, stripped of urgency, as if summoning a dog...
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