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Salt crusted the window panes of the Keeper's

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quarters, blurring the view of the churning

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gray sea below.

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Silas pulled his heavy wool sweater tighter against

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the autumn chill, listening to the

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familiar, rhythmic groan of the sturdy stone lighthouse.

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For forty years, the weathered blocks had withstood

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the Atlantic gales, a silent sentinel

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carved from the very cliffside it crowned.

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Outside, the world was shifting.

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A thick, rolling autumn fog was stealthily creeping

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in from the horizon, swallowing the

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ragged rocks and erasing the boundary between water

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and sky.

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Silas checked his pocket watch.

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It was nearly five.

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Stepping out onto the narrow iron balcony, he

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drew in a sharp breath of salt and

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decaying

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kelp.

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Suddenly, the last rays of the sun pierced

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through a sudden tear in the heavy clouds.

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The entire coastline erupted in a breathtaking display

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of golden hour light.

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The wet granite of the cliffs turned to

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copper, and the creeping fog banks caught fire,

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glowing

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in brilliant shades of amber and rose.

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It was a lonely, nostalgic atmosphere, the kind

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of beauty that made Silas's chest ache

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with memories of a life largely lived in

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solitude.

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Down in the engine room, the clockwork gears

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of the great brass lens clicked into motion,

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a deep and steady heartbeat.

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As the sun dipped below the horizon, plunging

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the world into twilight, the lantern room

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flared to life.

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A powerful beam sliced through the gathering dark

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and the encroaching fog, cutting a golden

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path across the restless sea to guide the

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invisible ships safely home.