>>5633268>>5633209>>5632499>hang outHe needs some tea to calm himself. And people he could talk to.
He returns to his lodging. A moderately large wooden building with few windows — little more than cutouts with wooden panels that can be closed to prevent mosquitoes entering or heat exiting.
The jar of dried butterfly pea flowers is opened. He scoops up a bunch of the shriveled up indigo blue stuff and drops them into the steel cups.
After some stirring, the cold water turns into cobalt blue. A perfect drink to soothe the mind, although most would prefer to add some lime or honey to it for the additional flavor, or turning it into a recognizable purple color.
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""Wow. Thanks, man. You didn’t have to. Thank you.""
Wit, the leader of the bandits expresses his gratitude towards Sira’s actions. The rest follow suit.
「… so, what are you going to do now?」
""Well.. we’re probably going to just.. tend to the farm, help our mom sell stuff and get some side jobs, I guess.""
"We have like.. a ton of of chili and pepper leftover. [sip] we could probably sell it or something."
""Hey, look, you’re here for one more week, right? I know some restaurants around here. Their duck noodles are pretty good.""
「Thanks, but you don’t really need to.」
""You gotta try it! The ducks here are real good. The skin is really good. Nearly as thick as your finger.""
「Damn. That’s insane. Back in Clawflash, the skin is barely thicker than my nails.」
""… I never knew there were a lot of ducks there. I thought with all the.. tension between them and the Serpents..""
「Well… they always find their way into it, somehow. At a certain point, they just stopped caring. Having them around is good for the economy, anyways. 」
「And the tension between them kinda.. subsided nowadays. I remember back when stores were trashed because customers thought the things were made in Silverport.」
「People try to be more 'civilized', I think. Having those kinds of extremism around will scare off foreign investors and merchants. If you go there now, most people would be wearing collared shirts and breeches.」
"That’s nice i guess..."
