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The stench of the room was close and choking. It was an amphibious smell, like turned earth and rain, dark mold and half-rotted wood. There was an undercurrent, too, of sweet lemon. It filled Vera’s mouth until she closed it tight, and even then the taste of soil and citrus stayed with her.
The smell of cheap tobacco and artificial strawberry drifted through the room.
