Orphia's Study

"You don't have any mint," Orphia observes. "That's right, isn't it?"

"That's right," you answer. Then you add carefully, "I'm not sure whether it's a good thing to have."

She gives you a mysterious smile, then gets up from her seat and goes to one of her shelves, under which is a series of hooks. Hanging from one of those hooks is a sprig of mint which has been drying in the sunlight. She takes it down. "I could give this to you," she says, "but I wish to trade it for something else in your possession. What would you like to offer?"

Which item do you offer her?


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