In the meantime.
East Africa.
Due to the war, it was almost impossible to find any remaining shops… However, Alice did the impossible.
Next to the hospital, there was a very run-down dessert shop. There were cakes in their display cabinets inside. However, because of the conditions and the severe limitations, the cakes looked like they were smeared unevenly with very cheap cream. There was nothing exquisite about them.
However, in such a chaotic environment, being able to find this shop was considered an achievement. There was probably a market if one traveled further, but with the conditions of East Africa and the recent invasion of the war, there were refugees everywhere. Many shops that had survived the war had been smashed and looted by their own local refugees.
