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Excavating.
The book lies open on weathered vellum, its pages etched with diagrams of stratified earth and glinting tool edges. Dust motes swirl above inked pickaxes biting into rocky veins, revealing nuggets of ore that catch faint light. Calloused hands in the illustrations grip handles worn smooth, unearthing buried relics with deliberate, rhythmic strikes.