>Check each window to see if it is unlocked
>You check the windows, and find that they are locked. This person is definitely aware of her neighbors.
> What are we doing by this cottage anyway?
> Apparently breaking and entering. Why are we breaking and entering, we're a respectable and upstanding citizen?
> Stop this tomfoolery at once.
> Come back later.
> Keep going to Kourindou.
>You wonder what you're even trying to achieve here. Isn't this sort of thing more in Tewi's domain?
>You leave and return to the path to Kourindou, following the path to the north and pushing through the leafless bushing to put yourself back on the road and quite a ways further for the shortcut.
>You are on an s-shaped section of road. You can see the exit of the Forest of Magic further north. To the south east, the road heads deeper into the forest, while the somewhat-obstructed path that you just emerged leads to the front yard of a cottage. Letty is sleeping under a tree by the side of the road. Obvious exits are North, SouthA, and SouthB
>It would be poetic justice to break into and enter Marisa's house, though.
>You have heard Marisa is a thieving sort, but you wonder if you have the right to exact that kind of vengeance, given she has never victimized you.
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