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The law of equivalent exchange. The bedrock of the practice of alchemy.
For the owner of a hole-in-the-wall bar, a little alchemy from an unexpected source turns out to be the perfect way to keep her business afloat. Enhance a few bottles of high-class booze for a few special customers, and all of a sudden they’re not just carrying on conversations with her, they’re confiding business secrets they wouldn’t let slip to anyone else.
Sure, alchemy comes with a cost—equivalent exchange, remember?—but she always thought she was willing to pay the price.
Right up until she serves that special booze to one of the old gods, a powerful businessman with a plan of his own.
