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"It's a whole shopping district full of pet shops," Tink explained, "And I don't just mean of the bird, cat, dog variety neither. We're talking about flying cats, wolves, colourful ponies, talking plants.... robots..."

"Well... to call it Pet Lane is probably a bit of a misnomer," Lin admitted, "Not all the animals... creatures... are there to be owned as a pet, and some aren't even simply sold... or sold... and it's so close to Dream Alley that sometimes it's hard to tell where it ends and where it begins."

Tink nodded as she leaned on the counter looking wistful, "Yea, I heard of that. It's the place where they say your true self can be found, at least if you're into the magical and obscure. Anyhow, planning to get a pet?"

"Of sorts, more like a guardian creature," Lin admitted, "Granted it's been a while since anyone in my family has brought one."

Tink grinned and leaned over the counter, "Want my suggestion? Try PM Breeder, has a whole strew of pets they call Pocket Monsters, they're apparently bred and trained to fight, and use some sort of technology to keep them into these holding capsules that keep them in I guess a hammerspace like environment so if you're going anywhere, where you can't care for them or need to hide them, in they go and boop! No fuss, no trouble."

Lin chuckled, "You'll see..."

Looking back at Tink she nodded.

"Thanks for the advice."

"Not a problem, do drop by the next time you're in town!"

With another thank you, Lin placed a hand on Andarien's back and ushered him towards the door.

"We're done here," she called over to Earendil and Miyuki, "Would you like to try one more shop or something to eat?"

Miyuki paused and then shook her head, "No, I don't think I've gotten use to being back yet."

She might not completely remember what it was like, but she knew that the time was different. On her last trip back to Gaia, she ended up having a midnight snack just so she could sleep the first night back.

"This way then, we'll have to go one street over," Lin explained to her family.

"Where are we going?" Miyuki asked, while she had been to market before, she had never been one street over.

Only because there had never been a need to in the past.

"We're going to Pet Lane, for pets... of course, and I received a neat tip from the shop owner on which shop."

Lin was familiar with the shops, she had passed by that one in particular because at the time she hadn't been interested in anything larger than Senka or her foxes.

"It's simply called the PM Breeder, Tink said the pets there are trained and bred for fighting purposes. So if there's any place to go look for a pet that would be a good place to look first."

Otherwise Lin might be at a slight lost. Since it really had been a long time since anyone had brought a pet at home, and therefore some of the shops might have closed down since then.

Pet Lane was name thus because all the shops there sold pets, not that one could tell as it looked like a lot of shops sold other things. Like feathers, keys, locks and other random knickknacks, and it was closely interwoven with Dream Alley where some very unusual items were sold or even at times given away.

"So you mean this pet will be... kind of like Wish?" Miyuki asked.

Though the role of Wish had only been hearsay since her grandmother no longer traveled like she use to.

"Of sorts, though I admit I don't know what these will be like," Lin admitted.

It didn't help that the building was a grey non descriptive one. If it weren't for the large sign that scrawled across the whole length of it, they might have missed it. There were no display windows, only a door that led in. It made Lin pause because she hadn't seen a shop so unassuming before. Still, she opened the door anyways.

The inside was massive, with what looked to be large stages that had different environments like grass, rock, water and ice. The wall nearest to the door was lined with small discs, balls of various colour and design and other miscellaneous items. The walls on both the left and the right were lined with eggs with a small tag underneath that stated the species, an element type (or two) and if the egg was available. The last point of information would have sounded odd if it weren't for the fact the eggs had "Stand in Sample" stamped across them.

The back wall had more eggs, and plain red and white balls, but unlike the rest of the shop, the back was cut off by a long glass counter that held several types of pretty stones. Behind that counter stood a young woman with long pink hair done in a simple braid. She was giggling at a cute little pink egg shaped creature that was apparently trying to get her attention by dancing.

Fortunately for Earendil, she didn't hear, but she did look up from her companion to see the newcomers.

"Welcome to the PM Breeder! How can I help you today? I haven't seen you before, so I'm guessing you're first time owners?"

Which implied that maybe some people owned more than one, or judging by the items near the door, they came back for supplies.