Karl just followed along behind the pair and did his best not to laugh as Rae dragged her new friend through the shopping district, even stopping to get honey garlic meatball kebabs for her when Nachtia complained that she couldn't keep up this pace forever.
Finally, Nachtia turned to Karl for assistance, and Rae relented.
"Fine, we can explore the rest of the shops on this floor of the city another time." She reluctantly agreed.
"You were planning to go to every shop?" The dragon asked, horrified.
"Well, at least walk past it. You never know if they're going to have good stuff on some random side street. But you don't have to go inside all of them to know that they're not interesting. I can smell that most of them aren't." Rae explained.
"That level of dedication is terrifying."
A nearby shopkeeper chuckled, and Rae went over to see what he was selling.
"What do you call this?" She asked, unable to identify the strange scent.
