The Golden Compass
The foreman’s voice cracked like a whip over the noise of the winch. "Thorne. You’re on the clock. Don’t make me come down there and write you up for loitering." I did not look up. I was watching the brine seep from the salt wall, a slow, golden weep that caught the dim gaslight and held it. My hands were raw, the skin peeling in white flakes that stuck to the black iron of my shovel. I had...
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