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“Miki.”

She looked out the window at the distant lighthouse beam, sweeping through the fog like a slow, silent question. miki mihama

That night, Miki worked on the watch. She cleaned each gear with tweezers and oiled the mainspring with a dropper no wider than a hair. As she realigned the escapement wheel, something shifted inside the case—a folded slip of paper, no bigger than her thumbnail. “Miki

Miki Mihama always knew when someone was lying. As she realigned the escapement wheel, something shifted

He was older—maybe twenty—with rain-dark hair and a canvas bag slung over one shoulder. He smelled of wet wool and salt. “Excuse me,” he said, holding up a broken pocket watch. “Can you fix this?”

Three days until the new moon.

It came from inside her own chest.