Closer on Paper

Elara has run The Quiet Tincture for years, making potions by hand for people she knows by name. When Verdant Standard opens a branch in Thistlehollow — cheaper prices, standardized formulas, no appointment needed — she has to decide whether what she does is worth enough to survive. It's not good versus evil. Both approaches work. But one of them knows your name, and the other one doesn't need to.