The Wistful Crossroads
The ledger in the Abbot’s office listed thirty-seven vials of iron gall ink, twelve reams of vellum, and one scribe, Elias, whose pension was contingent upon the completion of the *Codex Aeternum*. You sat at the oak desk, the wood polished to a mirror sheen by centuries of elbows, and counted the hours remaining in the day: four hours of daylight, two hours of candlelight, and the rest of your...
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