The Distant Joke

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The Distant Joke

The rain in Prague did not wash; it weighed. It sat on the cobblestones of the Old Town like wet wool, heavy and cold, turning the street into a slick of grey mud where the boots of the passersby squelched with a sound like tearing paper. Elias counted the hours he had spent waiting, not by the clock, which he did not own, but by the rhythm of the steam rising from the manholes, three puffs for...

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