Despite being late morning, the sky had grown dark as evening with murky clouds. I breathed in the scent, enjoying a change from the usual smell of the streets in this district. Why'd everything have to smell of pee? They had aqueducts here, didn't that mean they had proper sanitation?
I'd only been to Derrick's shop once before to deliver food. It had been built right up against the wall so the shop itself could use as little wood as possible in its construction, which, considering that it housed a forge and flying sparks, made a lot of sense. His workplace itself was a partially open structure of three stone walls, with the front wall missing so it was open to the air. Because of that, there were no windows, though there was a shutter he could open and close on the roof. The furnace, a
