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Submitted to Contest #133
A puff of cold and snowy air gently wound its way around the many woolen-clad patrons as though even the molecules of the outside air and the snowflakes suspended in it had an interest in the chocolates enshrined behind the thick glass of the display case. Had the patrons turned to see the source of the cold emission, they would have seen the shop door slam-shut behind a tall man in heavy work clothes that could have belonged to any one of the rougher trades about town. Had they noticed, they would have seen his heavy hands, like anchors, pl...
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