The Wistful Show
The parchment lay flat on the oak table, its edges curling slightly in the dry air of the archive. I traced the line of my name with a finger that felt numb, the ink still wet and smelling of iron and gall. It was a petition, standard form, submitted for the third time in two weeks, asking for the permanent clerkship in the Grand Archive. I had signed it, sealed it, and left it on Master...
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