The Pale Dance

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The Pale Dance

The ledger recorded four hundred and twelve hours of labor in the sub-basement, a debt paid in silence and ink, each hour weighed against the cost of a new quill nib. Elias sat before the desk, the air thick with the scent of iron gall and old paper, his fingers stained black to the knuckles. He was twelve years old, though the weight of the task made him feel ancient, a stone settled in the...

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