The Distant Whispers

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I counted the gears in the tray, one by one, until my thumb stopped moving and I realized I had counted the same brass circle three times. There were forty-two parts for the magistrate’s commission, and I had forty-two fingers to guide them, but only one brain left to keep the order. The shop was quiet, a heavy silence that pressed against the windows, broken only by the tick of the twelve...

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