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Luk blinked and knelt to peer at the rune on Lin's bag. "Oh?" he asked curiously. "That's interesting ... do you think if I got a bag that was a bit easier to carry, Lady Rhea might do that for me? Or should I ask her before I get a bag?"

He didn't want to put Rhea out, after all, and he had no idea if it required anything else, or if she would even do it for him. He still didn't know a whole lot about her, after all. Certainly, he had spent the afternoon with her the day before, but they had been talking about his half-sister, not about her.

Luk smiled and nodded, returning the bag to the shelf. "Then I shall wait until I have spoken with her to buy a bag," he decided. "If I don't need to buy a terribly large bag, then I shan't."

Rhea hadn't seemed tired to him the day before, but then he didn't know how she normally was.

"Then I shall find out soon enough," Luk grinned at Miyuki.

Very soon, Artemis was finished with Lin, and asked her to come back later in the week, when he would have something for her and Miyuki to try on.

"Shall we continue on, then?" Earendil asked her, slipping one arm around her shoulders and smiling down at her warmly.

Earendil chuckled. "Well, I suppose we'll see what the next shop is," he admitted. "I don't know what order the shops are in, or even if they're still all on the same street!"

Luk opened the door and held it for the others. "Then I suppose I'm no further behind than you in knowing the city," he chuckled.

"Maybe," Earendil chuckled as they all headed over to the next shop. "I guess we'll find out."

Unfortunately, the next shop was not the sweet shop. It was the woodsmith's. There was a sign outside, a large wooden sign, beautifully carved; but it wasn't hanging on the shop: it was on the ground, leaning against the wall, ready to be put up, but not up yet. In the window were many carvings, and through the window they could see other items that were ready for sale: tables and chairs and chests of drawers and jewelry boxes and so on.

Earendil looked over at the others. "Do we want to head inside?" he asked them.

Earendil nodded. "All right, then." He reached for the door and opened it for the others. "After you."

Luk let Miyuki lead the way into the shop, but this time he didn't bow to her - since she hadn't taken it so well the first time.

Luk also looked around a bit. Wood carvings were something he was familiar with, as was the furniture, but the designs were different from what he was used to, and he took some time to look closely at the carvings.

Earendil also wanted to just look around, though he wasn't looking for anything in particular.

"What do you think, Miyuki?" he asked, looking down at her.

Earendil smiled. "Yes, it is," he murmured, looking around again. "Sometimes I think that everything shown in the shops here is quite pretty. If I had a reason other than that I like the things here to buy them, I might spend quite a bit of money ... but I have no reason, so my money is safe."

He smiled at Miyuki. "It's best not to spend money on things that you don't need. Then you know you're not wasting it."