The Magical World - 2

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Morning came slowly.The girl woke up to the smell of something cooking something warm and spiced, like ginger and cardamom mixed together. For one brief, beautiful second she forgot where she was. She forgot that she didn't know who she was. She just lay there and breathed in the smell and felt almost normal.Then she remembered.She sat up. The small house looked different in daylight warmer, more real. Bunches of dried herbs hung from the ceiling. A small shelf on the wall held little clay figures of animals and gods. Near the window, a cat was sleeping in a square