The apothecary was filled with the smell of dried herbs, steeped extracts, and reagents. Bang! The sound of the door being thrown open hard enough to break it shattered the quiet peace. Shariette set down her mortar and pestle and grabbed a spray bottle from the shelf. —Pest Repellent— The label, written in the crooked scrawl of a ...
The apothecary was filled with the smell of dried herbs, steeped extracts, and reagents. Bang! The sound of the door being thrown open hard enough to break it shattered the quiet peace. Shariette set down her mortar and pestle and grabbed a spray bottle from the shelf. —Pest Repellent— The label, written in the crooked scrawl of a child, dangled loosely. “Hey, Crow! This isn’t what you said it’d be! Are you messing with me?!” As a hulking man strode in, the floor thudded beneath his steps. “This doesn’t work at all! You charged me two Luka gold coins for a bottle of herb powder and ripped me off! I’m not gonna—” “Did you take two spoonfuls in the morning and two in the evening, four a day?” “—let you… What?” When Shariette rested her chin in her hand and asked lazily, the man, who had been
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