The Wistful Silence

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The map was wet. Arthur held it against his chest, the paper soft and yielding like a bruise, the ink of the streets blurring into gray smudges under the Manchester rain. He was twelve, small for his age, with hands that looked too old for his fingers. He walked fast, his boots slapping the cracked cobblestones of Ancoats, the sound sharp and rhythmic against the damp air. The city smelled of...

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