The Artificer's Apprentice (Small-Town Crafter #1)

by Tom Watts

who sold cheap things such as bolts of cloth or bottles of bad wine that came with a hangover that’d swear you off drinking for life.

At least until next time.

"Enchantment is like cock rot," said Cooper. "It comes in many forms, has many effects, and there are more ways of getting one than you'd expect.

Is this some weird typo? Is it what he meant to say?

“Gods, you're stubborn. Fine. Come to the village, and you can buy me a sweet roll," said Paisley. "You and your sweet rolls. Anyway, I can’t come to the village right now."

Paisley used to be an adventurer, until she took an arrow in the knee.

Reading on, I found what I required in chapter twenty-six.

All the way to chapter 26 before it got to step 01?

alchemical tongues,

Tongs, maybe?

naivety is the currency with which experience is bought.

Her enthusiasm for tinkering seeped through the pages, and it was hard not to smile as I read.

'First, then. To learn to create,' continued Ms. Argyle, 'One must destroy.'

Insert evil laugh here!

Treat your enemy like a friend, and thus he'll become."

Excellent advice.

Ok, this system of having more skills, but only abl

"Sometimes a person just feels sad, and it's nobody’s job to do anything about it. You sitting here with me is enough. Let’s just enjoy the quiet for a while."

A hard lesson to figure out when what you want to do is HELP!

But Jack ordered some hares for a casserole, and when I brought 'em, he asked me to stay."

Bunny casserole?