The Faded Shield

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The Faded Shield

Did you think the ink knew what was coming? I ask because I have watched you look at the pages, Master Kael, and I have watched you flinch when the letters bleed. You think the Shield of Aethel is a weapon. You are wrong. It is a mirror, and the mirror is broken. I am Yoshiko Matsumoto. I have worked in the Imperial Archive for twelve years. My hands shake now, not from age, but from the cold...

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