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The Last Light Bureau — A Sunrise You Can Carry, Page 5

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Panel 1: Bram looks down, still holding his cap. Bram: “I still do. That is the trouble.” Panel 2: Iona draws back her hands. Iona: “You can take it home.” Panel 3: Bram moves the lantern toward her. Bram: “Tonight, I need to sleep.”

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Bram explains why the memory hurts; Iona offers to let him keep it, but he pushes the lantern toward her.

About this chapter

On the last shift before dawn, a retired porter brings Iona a lantern he can no longer bear to keep. Returning its light should be routine. But the archive holds a voice neither of them expected. A ten-page opening chapter about memory, grief, and choosing what comes next.