The bump isn’t what gravitates me to turn around, because I easily could have thought I was merely backed into by a bundle of balloons. No, it’s her fragrance. I have a strange aptitude for depicting and breaking down scents, which I chalk up to training Shade. If you want to tame a beast, you have to become one yourself. It’s possible because I’m partially blind in my left eye—color blind and astigmatism—that maybe whatever creator there is, blessed me with that heightened sense of smell. It’s the scent of darkness; a sweet, fruity aroma with a tart undertone. I’d equate it to a pomegranate,
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