The Faded Quadrant
The ledger showed forty years of service, and thirty-two pence for the ink. You counted the coins in your palm, the copper cold and heavy, a weight that matched the ache in your left knee. It was a good day for counting. The fog in Oakhaven was thin enough to see the church spire, and the brass compass in your pocket was still, pointing north, which meant the air was honest. You were fifty-two...
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