When they touch me
My heartbeat skyrockets, and I take slow breaths to not hyperventilate until the merchant talks again, freeing me from my pain.
“The fish are totally fine,” he says with a crooked smile, not even hiding that he is mocking me. “Safer for the pups than a Golden Retriever.”
My eyes move back onto the creature, who is now slowly closing its mouth again, the pressure lifting from inside my head.
“But I have something else that will interest you too in such situations,” he snorts, lifting a glass.
I take a step back as an eel-like worm moves in circles, bile rising in my throat. “Ever heard of soul-eating worms? They are especially popular among your kin.”
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