The Pale Circus

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The Pale Circus

The first gear was brass, cold and heavy in Elias Thorne’s palm. He counted the teeth under his thumb. One, two, three, up to forty. The metal bit into the skin of his hand, a dull ache that traveled up the wrist and settled in the elbow. Outside, the fog pressed against the workshop windows, thick as wet wool, muffling the clatter of the street below. Inside, the air smelled of machine oil and...

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