One smaller bundle of white linen contains a choker of bleached bone-white driftwood, strung together at uneven heights, a pendant of chunky blue iolite on a translucent piece of black ribbon. The other holds two books: a detailed history of Nevarran politics written by a Nevarran ex-pat, and a slimmer volume of Marcher children’s stories, both wrapped in what at first appears to be an excess of fabric but upon opening is actually a warm woven shawl in shades of gold and purple. Tucked inside the cover of the first book, a note: Forgive this excess, I’d meant to give most of this to you long ago.
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