##sketchbook
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You examine the sketchbook carefully, a beautiful handmade thing, thick paper pressed from some creamy-tan wood, the spiral binding a thin coil of copper-colored metal. On the cover is a handwritten inscription.
You open the sketchbook and study the first page.
The first drawing shows a stunning portrait study of two girls, maybe ten or eleven. Long black hair frames unsmiling but beautiful faces, trapped between the carefree whimsy of childhood and some