"Ah, thank you." Ariel said regarding her breakfast. She had taken quite a liking to Rukeewei's food over the past few days. It made her wonder whether he had a secret to properly stewing saltrice or whether he had just had more practice than her. Probably the latter. "Yes, with the larger equipment we moved in yesterday I was able to make enough stock to start. I would have liked to get the fliers out earlier, but I'll make do, I think." She glanced at the pack around her, "I'm certainly glad for all the help I have had."

Fendros looked up from his meal. "Well, it's made for a nice little change to the usual travelling and such," Fendros commented with a smile.

"Aye, I haven't had to decorate a room since..." Janius started, but looked up and was lost in thought, "... I actually can't remember."

Ariel nodded, "Your input was very helpful, Janius." She looked over to Sabine, who was eating slowly this morning, tired from brewing late into the night with Ariel, "And I couldn't have made all the stock I needed without the help of Sabine here."

Sabine didn't give much of a reaction save for glancing up for a moment with a blank face. As if the light from the windows was still too bright, she rubbed her eyes with her thumb and her forefinger before resuming her meal.

It was acknowledgement enough for Ariel, who looked back at Rukeewei. "So are you making anything for the feasting today Rukeewei? Oh! Also, we were so busy, we didn't ask before: How did Neercana-Rei go with her entry into the day of beauty?"

In reality, a nervousness was slowly building in Ariel. Not necessarily because of the shop opening itself, but whether her business would survive if word had spread about her background from her An-Xileel interviewers. They might have meant to be confidential, but there was still a worry that the populace would become apprehensive if they knew that she used to be a witch. At least it didn't appear to have spread as far as Rukeewei and [i]the Wamasu's Nest[/i] or she probably would have noticed.