26 February 2026 · 1,342 words · 6 min read
Raindrop
The ink was still wet. Satomi touched it, almost without thinking, then regretted the smudge blossoming on her fingertip. Beside the scroll, the renowned calligrapher lay sprawled amidst scrolls and brushes, a landscape utterly at odds with his famously precise nature. The cause of death was obvious: a single, clean puncture wound at the base of his neck. The murder weapon, presumably, was still somewhere in this maddeningly ordered room. Satomi, a librarian by trade and an occasional consultant to...
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