Anastasia grinned when Samsul said they had become quite popular, "I'm awfully confused to why... I'm clueless compared to my mother. You would think that they would care to have already set up those trade routes," She bit her lip as she thought, "If we are trading with Eigas... We'll want to trade something that doesn't spoil.... as it would probably rot... They have some wonderful books and are quite good at making them... If we traded for those, the prices on books would drop quite a lot and more people would have the means to read... We'd be a step closer to educating Greenspring..."

She continued to think, "The people of the desert would want wheat and things that cannot normally grow... And they make lovely jewelry," she looked at Samsul and blushed deeply, "Sorry... You wanted to catch up, not discuss trades."

She laughed a little and looked toward the door, "You've yet to tell me what this surprise is."