The Wistful Crossroads
Act I The ink in the Imperial Archive did not dry; it waited. Francisco Carbajal, thirty-two years old and owing rent to the temple granary, sat before the ledger of the dead. The air was damp, smelling of salt from the bay and the sharp, metallic tang of old paper. He held a reed pen, the second-best tool he owned, the best having been pawned to pay for his sister’s shroud. His task was...
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