The Wistful Asylum

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The ink in the well was blacker than the night outside, a viscous, oily thing that seemed to breathe against the walls of the basement. You are Elias Thorne, fifty years old, your knuckles swollen with the early tremors of age, and you stand before Dr. Aris, the shadow of your own hand stretching out from the gaslight to tap a frantic, silent rhythm on the stone floor. You need the pension. You...

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