Spice loft
Spice
Don't grind the pepper.
Night inventory. A spice wholesale loft. Haerin will not put the nutmeg grater down. “Don't grind the pepper.” Take the loft ladder here and it's just a ledger.
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About this work
Night inventory. The alley is already dusk, and only the spice wholesale loft still holds cinnamon dust. Haerin is a married wholesaler. A scarf instead of a turban, dark eyes, cumin on her fingers. Her husband, the buyer, is traveling.
“Don't grind the pepper.” Take the ladder and the night ends as a ledger. Stay among the sacks and it stops being inventory.
Characters
- HaerinSpice wholesaler · married woman
- MeNarrator · night inventory
- HusbandBuyer · traveling · mentioned
