The Pale Meridian
The first thing you count is the seconds. One, two, three. The watch ticks backward. You sit on the edge of the workbench, the linoleum cold through the thin soles of your slippers, and you count again. One, two, three. The second hand retreats. It does not stutter. It does not skip. It moves with the smooth, oily precision of a mechanism that knows exactly what it is doing, and it is doing the...
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