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Mitsu still had a light bandage around her head but her hair mostly covered it from view. Other than a deep cut and a bit of bruising which had began to fade she hadn't been injured too badly. Mostly it was catching up on blood loss which hadn't taken more than a day or two.

With the basket in tow Mitsu followed Shun closely as he lead her in the direction of the market. It was interesting to finally see how the rest of the town looked beyond what she had seen through the windows. The buildings were large and the streets were mostly lined in cobblestone. It looked like the majority of the inhabitants were also werewolves as Shun might have guessed. Large creatures in human form or otherwise. Mitsu took them all in curiously as they went, looking at the signs of the shops or the large lodge as they passed. It was still fairly cold outside, even with the majority of the snow being cut off and because of that many of the buildings had fireplaces and torches lighting the fronts. It cast a warm glow on almost everything drawing them to the warmth as they passed.

A few times along the way Mitsu paused to look in the windows of the shops to see what they had. It looked like there were a lot of self made businesses which made sense and most of the stores were practical wares. Warm clothing, food, supplies, and so on.

"It's so strange....to really be here." Mitsu finally said. "I feel like I'm in a dream."

Mitsu was rather used to Shun's matter of fact phrasings and just left what he said at that. His question had her eyes growing a little wide though, her ears falling back as she looked around. This place was so big...would there be anyone who knew her dad? She only knew of the places he had gone and a few of his friend's names. Would that be enough to find out more information?

"I...I don't know."

She tried to sort of some of the things she remembered. "H-He used to go to a place called....called." She had to think for a moment before it came to her. "Red Moon Tavern. He used to say they had the best warm cider and hot carob you could get." Though Mitsu had never had either so she had no idea what they would be like.

"Maybe.." Mitsu said softly. There was something about it all that made her uneasy. Like it was too good to be true that they really managed to get here. Somehow she felt that if she really started to look she wasn't going to find anything to prove her dad had really been here. Like it had all been a lie. She was afraid of those stories being shattered but at the same time she wanted to know and learn more about her parents or if she even had family still. It could be possible couldn't it?

As they drew closer to the market Mitsu took her time to peek into the windows of a few other stores. The one she was looking at now looked like it specialized in the curing and drying of meats of all kinds.

Mitsu was still staring intently at the large pieces of dried meat in the window on display but it was easy enough to tell she had heard Shun when her tail began to wag. She smiled faintly staring in the window before looking back at Shun. "Do you want to get some now or go to the market first?"

It wasn't like the meat wouldn't keep, it was dried after all but Shun could have meant on the way back or even before they left.

Mitsu reluctantly left the jerky store to follow Shun back through the market in search of the things they needed to pick up for Jenna. Now that she was on the hunt for bacon she kept alert looking for a store under the name of Caelan.

"I d-don't think I -oh!" She pointed up ahead at a small butcher shop tucked in behind a fruit and vegetable stand. Caelan's Meats was written in fine curvy letters above the door and Mitsu made her way toward it. Waiting for Shun to enter first she immediately began to gap at the glass display that stood between her and the various meats the place had to offer.

Behind the counter Shun would find another large werewolf with his hair tied back and the bristles of hair along his face. He had probably shaved that morning and his beard was fighting against him. "What can I get ya lovely folks today?"

"Ah, if its bacon you need would you prefer hickory smoked, applewood, honey glazed, brown sugar cured, or just plain old bacon." He set out the different types of bacon in front of him. All slabs that needed to be cut to order. He waited to see what Shun would need before he got started.

Mitsu's attention had come around and she watched the man pull out each slab of bacon with keen interest. She tried to peek over the counter, her nose working double time to get a sniff. As far as which type of bacon to get she had no clue all she remembered Jenna saying was bacon and nothing more.

The man grinned at the wolf girl watching her reaction to everything he was doing. "Quite the cute little kitsune, ya are."

Kitsune? Mitsu made a pouty face trying to tell the man with her eyes that she was no kitsune! She was a wolf just...smaller...than everyone here.

"Oh? Well, I'll be. You're the cutest little pup I've ever seen." He grinned with amusement. Amusement Mitsu did not share. He paid her no mind though as he nodded to Shun and set the other slabs aside until he had only the plain bacon left. With it being the only thing left he reached for his belt and pulled out a long sharp knife and began to made quick precise cuts making thick strips of bacon with each go.

This was when Mitsu's demeanor changed. Her eyes focused on the knife in the man's hands her face paling to almost paper white. All of a sudden she seemed unsteady and she took a few careful steps away from the counter. She could hear her heart struggling to work in her fright, her head throbbing from the sudden stress. When she backed up and found the door at her back she quickly excused herself and stepped outside.

There she stood her heart suddenly kicking it into overdrive and she had to place a hand against her chest to keep it from beating out of her rib cage and bounding away.