Lilly's heart fluttered with a secret delight as she realized her gift of seeing spirits remained intact. Yet, a subtle unease crept over her as she glanced back at the shopkeeper. The shopkeeper's visage, once benign, now appeared as a grotesque mask—a sickly, greenish-black pallor marred by deeply sunken cheeks.
At first, Lilly's instincts screamed ghost, but a closer inspection dispelled that notion. This was no spectral apparition; it was the shopkeeper's true, unsettling appearance. If she is not a ghost or a demon, then what would make her look like that?
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