The Distant Joke

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The Distant Joke

Act I "Entry 402: DeClouet, E. Status: Pending. Note: Grief is a structural failure. Do not load the beam."‌⁠⁠‌‌‌‌⁠‍⁠‍⁠‍‍⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠‍‌‌‌⁠‌‌‍‍‍‍⁠‌‍‍⁠⁠⁠‌⁠‌‌‌⁠⁠ Eugene DeClouet read the line on the ration chit for water hours, the ink smudged where his thumb had pressed too hard against the damp paper. He was thirty-two, a scribe in the sealed archives of the Iron Keep, a...

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