The Pale Verdict

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The Pale Verdict

I "Item: One scribe, Wen Chen, for the erasure of the Forbidden Seal. Status: Active. Debt: Unpaid." The parchment lay flat on the wet stone, its edges curling upward like dried skin, while the magistrate, a man whose face seemed carved from the same grey granite as the hall floor, watched Wen Chen with the stillness of a predator that knows its prey has no legs. The air in the tribunal hall...

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