"Open it."
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Muerte pointed a finger at the frozen silver pocket watch in Elias’s hand.
The shop went silent. Even the pendulums on the walls seemed to pause their swinging. "Open it
"The debt," Muerte whispered, "was not for you to work. It was for you to learn."
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Muerte remained still. "I remember."
The bell above the door of the shop did not ring; it sighed. It was a heavy, wooden sound, like the closing of a lid.