The Pale Circus
The soot in the workshop was not merely dust; it was a suspension of your life, settled into the grain of the oak bench and the creases of your leather apron. You, Elias Thorne, thirty-four years old and bent like a question mark under the weight of your father’s debts, held the escapement wheel under the magnifying glass, your breath held in your chest like a trapped bird. The Guild’s prize...
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