[color=D6CC88][u][b]Norman's shop[/b][/u]

"It would be cheaper to just get a ride with people going the same way as us..." Amuné suggested quietly.  "Carriages are expensive, and horses even more so.  My Daddy said that when they aren't with their tribe, Ydrans often find rides with friendly farmers and merchants and so on, if they can, instead of paying for something like a carriage.  Or just walk."  But was it safe for them to be travelling with random strangers?  Ethan was a Magi, Cecil was wanted, and she...she couldn't always be trusted to keep her powers secret.  Even Nymira might be a danger, though there didn't seem to be any way to dissuade the Dimuran from coming with them.

Nymira left and returned with a huge coin purse.  Amuné's eyes nearly popped out of her head as coins spilled onto the table.  Was...was that gold?  She'd never seen it up close before.  Nobody in her village had anything made out of it, because it was far too expensive, and the type of stall that would sell gold jewelry at market wasn't the sort her daddy frequented.  Even with just coins, silver was far more common than gold.  She knew people /did/ buy things that cost that much, even in the way of supplies and crops and so on, but who actually had gold coins?  "Whoa..." the girl breathed.  "Horses?  Ethan, we could buy a /herd/ of horses!"  There was probably enough to make everyone in her village well-off for the rest of their life in that bag.

"I don't think a carriage is a good idea.  Carriages attract attention," Amuné said, trying to gather her thoughts.  "I can ride a horse if it's gentle, but you have to get special Ydran-trained horses if you don't want them to be spooked by Wyth."  She gave the moorcat a hug.  "Regular horses don't like him.  They aren't smart enough to know he won't eat them."[/color]