>>5195405>>5195406>>5195407You wince at the price, but, given the advice and kindness she gave you, you can't help but return the favor in the form of coin. You reach into your coin purse and pull out a single gold piece, placing it down onto her cart.
"Thank you," she says, "and enjoy your food!" She tears a piece off of a small cloth and covers the pastry partially before handing it to you.
"If you don't mind me asking," you say, inspecting the pastry, which appears to be some kind of mincemeat pie. "Why are they priced so high?"
The conversation is interrupted momentarily by the approach a sad-looking man hobbling down the street. Morgantha immediately engages with him, and you watch, stunned, as she just... sells him a pastry, no words exchanged. He seems hollow; no emotion behind his eyes. He pays no attention to you.
The woman smiles on you as her customer begins shambling away. "Oh," she says, "be careful asking too many questions around here, dearie. You never know who might overhear."
"Yeah... But, the pastr-"
She winks at you. "You best be heading along now," she says.
What is her angle? You're puzzled. Maybe food is scarce around here? Maybe it's some type of secret recipe that she doesn't want to reveal?
What do you do?
Suggestions:
>Thank her for her advice and hospitality, and continue to the inn.>Insist that she explains why the pastries are so expensive. (Persuasion, DC 20)>Follow the customer.>Ask her if she's heard any rumors about a woman about your age entering the village 10-or-so years ago.>Cast a spell or use an item (list: https://pastebin.com/chuTtwgW)>Other (specify) 