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NOVELLA Side Quest 003: Queen of Hearts
[Queenie]
We are getting low on supplies. It takes quite a bit of baneberry juice to make the sleep potion. Because we need to keep him perpetually asleep, I need a constant supply. In Torq, baneberries are not very common and the cost of exporting them is stretching our finances thin, even with Mab’s hidden stash of gold.
“This is why we should have stayed in Delas,” Mab argues. “We didn’t need to buy anything when we were still there and…”
“It was teeming with knights. I had to stay indoors the entire time,” I argue. “Torq is better. I can actually go outside and talk to people here.
“You
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