Tales From a Thousand Worlds

A bell jangled at the opening of the door. It sat suspended above the door so that any who opened it would set the bell to ringing. Blade stepped into the shop and was met with a sight most unusual, for the shop was packed tight with all manner of paraphernalia, stacked high on tables and shelves. There were cages and candleholders of polished brass, jars and bottles and vials containing all sorts of liquids and herbs and floating body parts. Tools and small cauldrons were scattered through the shop, as were crystals and stones, bundles of feathers and more. There were parchments and scrolls and tomes bound shut with heavy iron clasps. Perched high on one shelf, a grey rat watched him with beady eyes, its whiskers twitching before it dashed away.

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