The Faded Root

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The Faded Root

The ledger weighed four pounds, three ounces, and a secret. You counted the pages: one hundred and forty-four, each sheet thick as parchment, stiff with the dust of the archive. Your fingers were stained with iron-gall ink, the cuticles cracked and peeling, a texture like old bark. You held the root in your left hand. It was dry, brown, and twisted, no larger than a thumb, yet it hummed against...

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