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Elias stood at the edge of the Saturday market, the morning air crisp and smelling of cedar wood and roasted coffee. He wasn’t looking for anything in particular until he saw the stall at the very end. Unlike the bright, neon-lit displays of the surrounding vendors, this one was quiet, draped in soft linen and filled with the warm glow of polished walnut. "Black walnut from a fallen limb in my