[The surprise is low-grade, really only audible in the brief pause between words; but it's there, nonetheless. At this point, Kratos had been assuming that slaves aren't allowed to learn how to read -- or at least not something common to Sylvarant. Part of the reason the market took so long was finding stalls who wouldn't refuse to speak to him in one of the shared languages. He'd been picking up bits and pieces, but not enough to solidly learn anything, given that shared languages were still regularly spoken. Just not, apparently, used as reading material. At least not hereabouts.]
I will see her when I go to the nursery, then; when she brings the last delivery we can let her know whether we'd like to continue.
[It would save another trip out, and therefore money on the rickshaws. He hesitates a moment.]
Which one is the tuna?
[If they're only going to manage a week, he'd better make sure he gets the tuna. Just in case.]
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[The surprise is low-grade, really only audible in the brief pause between words; but it's there, nonetheless. At this point, Kratos had been assuming that slaves aren't allowed to learn how to read -- or at least not something common to Sylvarant. Part of the reason the market took so long was finding stalls who wouldn't refuse to speak to him in one of the shared languages. He'd been picking up bits and pieces, but not enough to solidly learn anything, given that shared languages were still regularly spoken. Just not, apparently, used as reading material. At least not hereabouts.]
I will see her when I go to the nursery, then; when she brings the last delivery we can let her know whether we'd like to continue.
[It would save another trip out, and therefore money on the rickshaws. He hesitates a moment.]
Which one is the tuna?
[If they're only going to manage a week, he'd better make sure he gets the tuna. Just in case.]