Ryio cautiously tagged along through the crowd, biting idly at another one of the stale bobbets. Her stomach had stopped growling, but she still felt hopelessly empty. Eventually, after several minutes of sorting through crowds and rustling past [i]one too many[/i] suspicious folk, the people on the street thinned out and the two came into a residential district- at least, that's how it looked. Lots of things in Leias couldn't be trusted for looks, though...

After a short time in the residential district, Kolo stopped at a small hovel with a large pen, and Ryio stood behind her, staring at the strange thing. It looked fairly sturdy, the craftsmanship was at least obviously better than Kolo's stand, and the house itself was cozy, but something about it was just [i]off[/i]. Ryio noticed Kolo had started going inside the pen, and hurried to come in alongside her- though, just as she got close, the gate burst open, revealing some frightening-looking lizard-beast. Ryio took a step back to avoid being trampled, and knelt down to get eye level with the creature as it rubbed itself over Kolo. 

"Hey there, Kiki." Ryio said to the beast, arching one eyebrow. 

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