In the end, I settled with hunting thugs and thieves in the city's slums. Two-legged prey was more interesting—a bigger challenge. As a bonus, they usually had coins on them, never much, but some. It was early morning when I came back to Rosha's Weapons & Armour.
My hopes that by now Rosha and Risha will solve their problems broke into smithereens as soon as I walked inside the store.
"I can't believe you did this, Risha! Didn't life teach you one thing? Why do you have to go behind my back again?" Rosha shouted. Her face was red, her chest was heaving, and her fists were balled at her sides.
Risha's posture mirrored Rosha's, but her eyes glistened with tears again. "Because you don't let me do anything! You never let me do anything! If we didn't need money, you'd never let me work at all! You'd lock me in my room and throw the key into a river if you could!"
