>Certainly not on a budget of 44 guilders.
>Let's just wait for our guide-dog then, and head back to the guild when she's ready.
>Oh, the things you could do with more money and more time.
>You go pay for your purchases while Kyouko putters around the store for a few more minutes, eventually reappearing at your side with a brightly-colored water bottle in tow.
>"It's kinda cheerful-looking, don't you think? And bigger than the one I have at home, too; we've got a long trip ahead, after all. Gotta stay hydrated! Oh, and I bought one of these things," she says, shaking a thin corded bracelet with one hand and frowning thoughtfully in its direction. "It's supposed to keep mosquitoes away from you. I'm not sure how well it works, but it
might be handy. I guess we'll see!"
>Kyouko begins to expound on just how good a bargain the shoe laces were as you start plodding back towards the guild, although you scarcely hear her. Well, it would be hard to miss that voice, but her words are vague and it takes too much effort to pay attention to them all. Streets and shops and bands of people pass by in a murky haze and somehow you find yourself in front of the guildhall once more.
>"That was pretty silly of him," Kyouko says. "Don't you think?"
