The Distant Metropolis
The brass weights on the pendulum had been adjusted to the third decimal, a precision that felt less like mathematics and more like prayer. I was counting the seconds, not by the sound, but by the vibration that traveled up through the floorboards of the workshop, a low, thrumming hum that had become the city’s heartbeat. It was a sound that distorted time, making the hours stretch and shrink...
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