This chapter is published early for patrons. The opening is sealed until the queue moves it into the free shelf — the full text is waiting behind the card below.
The desk is quiet at this hour, and the lamp keeps its own counsel.
A page turns somewhere out of sight; the translation waits, patient as stone.
What follows is reserved for the patrons who keep the lantern lit.
This chapter is for patrons.
This chapter is in the ahead-window for ForgottenTranslations on Patreon. It’ll land free when the queue moves.