Volume Two · The Ascent · Chapter 25

The Decree to Close the Forge Came While the Iron Was Red

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This story is part of Volume Two.

Volume One — the thirty-two teaching chapters — stays open to everyone. Volume Two is the descent read backward: thirty-two stories, each ending in a cast that decides which chapter it was the ending of.

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The Decree to Close the Forge Came While the Iron Was Red · MANIFOLD GATES