The Faded Dust

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The Faded Dust

My hands were already stained black when the Archivist entered, the iron gall ink mixing with the dried blood from the cut on my left thumb, a wound that had not healed in ten years. I was grinding the pigment on the slate, the sound of the pestle against the stone a rhythmic, dull thud that matched the beating of my heart, which felt less like an organ and more like a caged bird thrashing...

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