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CHAPTER NINETY-FOUR: DISTANCE
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2026-09-18 21:36:10Cassian finished the last patrol report and set the papers aside.
The small room he used for work was quiet. A single lantern burned on the table. Outside, the night watch moved along the walls. He should have felt settled. The duties of the day were done. Instead his thoughts kept returning to the same place they always did now.
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