Mynshaka sighed in relief when he finally got to the market. Then he sighed in exasperation as he looked at the list. A list! His entire village had decided to turn him into a pack animal! SInce you're headed that way, pick this up for me! Ohh and this! He growled to himself in his mind.
Not that he minded really... but... it had also meant he'd had to bring Bumi along just to carry it all! And that meant a slow journey here and back. Instead of the fast ride on Oltia he had meant! He tied up Oltia and Bumi near the edge of the market under a large tree and told them to behave; normally he'd worry about them being stolen but Oltia had taken the arm off of one potential theif and laid his worries to rest.
Now to get things bought! He started at the top of the list and worked his way down, going back periodically to his mounts to drop off the loads and make sure they were fine (and feeding them snacks to make them behave).
As he waited for them to finish eating he looked at the last item on his list; cloth. His neighbors had wanted new bolts of cloth to make ceremonial garb out of. What sort of designs? He wondered, what colors? All they'd told him was cloth!
He ran a hand over his face and grumbled to himself as he glared at the offending item on the list.
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