THE SEA THAT HELD THE WORLD CHAPTER I
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Location: Saltmere
Narration: Saltmere spread from its harbors into ropewalks, fish sheds and markets.
Visual description: Workers twist ropes beside fishing sheds and moored ships. Two traders negotiate over crates, figs, copper and a balance scale.
Narration: Half the archipelago learned arithmetic by arguing over crates.
Narration: Figs for filters. Copper for rainwater. Trust for a signature.
