The Wistful Mountain
The bulb was cold, heavy as a stone in my palm, its papery skin dry and cracked like the earth outside. I sat in the back of the patrol truck, the engine idling with a low, rhythmic hum that vibrated through the soles of my boots, and I stared at the object until the edges blurred. It was the last one. Silas had given it to me three days ago, wrapped in a strip of wool from his shirt, a trade...
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