The Wistful Asylum
I was scraping the rust from the hull of my boat when the fog rolled in, thick as wool and smelling of peat smoke. The light had died hours ago, leaving only the glow of the kerosene lamp and the dull red pulse of the cord tethering my severed left hand to my wrist. I needed the pension. I needed it before the budget cut, before the Chief decided my anomaly made me ineligible. My hands, the one...
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