The smell in the green district was atrocious, but because of the high concentration of salt in the air from being so close to the river, there was delightfully less snow than in the rest of the city.
However, the constant fishing, drying and grinding of seaweed in the area had permanently stained the ground a dark green, making it look like the whole place was covered in lichen. The houses were cramped and a large majority of them were made of wood. Despite its reputation for quality seaweed powder, it appeared to be a very poor part of the city.
‘I'd have thought with a Doktor’s wage, that Cornell could have afforded a place somewhere nicer,’ Samuel observed, watching a woman empty a chamber pot from her top window.
‘Not if he was spending his Ren on something else, as we suspect. I d
