The Wistful Mirror

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Thorne. The name hung in the air, sharp and cold, spoken by the town clerk who stood in the doorway of the smithy, holding a ledger against his chest like a shield. "Thorne, the assessment is due," the clerk said, his voice flat and bureaucratic. "The tax on the new anvil. And the penalty for the missing inventory from the last quarter." Elias did not look up from the forge. The iron glowed a...

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