CHAPTER 52 — WHO KEEPS VIGIL, WHO COLLECTS.

At 07:08 the port smelled of wet metal and burnt coffee. Marco opened Milano’s altar — mirror and sugar in place, tray like a domestic moon —; Alessio chose the shadow that watches two corners at once, half profile to winter’s ugly sun, half body at the door. My wrist, with the red cross, beat to th...

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