The Distant Cartograph
The count of the day was precise: fourteen hours on the clock, three hundred and twelve forms processed, and one jacket that had begun to fray at the left cuff. You stood at the inspection desk in the grey light of the border crossing, the fluorescent hum of the station pressing against your temples like a dull, persistent ache. The winter audits were weeks away, and you needed to be gone...
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