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The Titan Engine
Category: Sci-Fi
The fire had burned down to embers, but neither of them moved to stoke it.
She had not expected to see him again, not after all these years.
The letter was still on the table, unopened, as it had been for three days.
A cold wind swept across the plain, carrying with it the scent of distant rain.
The stars that night seemed closer than they had any right to be.
She smiled, but it did not reach her eyes.
The garden had been her mother’s pride, and now it was hers.
He had been waiting for her for what felt like an eternity.
The end.