Crimson Threads
## Crimson Threads The air tasted of salt and dust, a perpetual film on Anya’s tongue. Sweat beaded on her forehead as she wrestled the loom, its wooden frame groaning under the strain of vibrant silk threads. Around her, the…
Anya
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Twilight Echoes
## Twilight Echoes The rain smelled of wet asphalt and something else—something mineral, almost metallic. Unit-7’s sensors registered it first, a faint tang overlaid on the familiar scent of the Seattle drizzle. It compiled the data, cross-referencing it with pre-established…
The Weaver of Lost Feelings
The rain tasted like static. Old Man Tiber, they called him, though nobody knew if he *was* an old man anymore, or just a construct wearing the skin of one. His shop, a cubbyhole wedged between a noodle stall and…