[Illness or no illness, the Drifter is going to cover as much ground as possible. No one has asked for names, and so no names are exchanged. Conversation is to be kept minimal. A familiar set-up, even among those that could tolerate their mere presence. Shopkeepers were interested only in their gearbits, and their fellow drifter...
no subject
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They do not bode thinking about.
Gradually, the Drifter sends another message:]
charting?