The Distant Whispers
The mortar in your hand is heavy, a granite disc worn smooth by three years of grinding dried bloodroot and foxglove, and you are crushing the stem until the fibers snap with a sound like a small bone breaking. The air in the apothecary is thick with the scent of damp wool and the metallic tang of the sweating sickness, a smell that coats the back of the throat and refuses to wash out. You know...
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