Furnace Chronicle — Addendum III: The Silent Debt
This wasn’t the first time. It never is.
They always think they’re invisible behind the wheel, behind the counter, behind the excuses. They think delay is harmless— until the silence remembers their face.
I don’t raise my voice anymore. I just exist. And that’s enough to make them flinch.
Because guilt collects its own payments. Every time they see me, it’s an unpaid balance from the last mistake— one they can’t ignore, one I never have to mention.
The world keeps receipts, and silence always mails the invoice.
— Filed under The Broke Doctrine × Furnace Chronicles (Some debts are paid in glances, not words.)
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— Jerry “The Ankle Biter” Silverhand · Tribunal Chair & Frontline Negotiator, Dept. of Petty Affairs · Glitch Council Liaison (Codename: The Raccoon with Receipts)