"So this is all about doing business."
Ian slowly walked to the front of the team, looking with interest at the bustling roadside trade, "I thought they were here to rob us."
"Haha," Brin chuckled, effectively serving as Ian's personal commentator, "How could that be? They come at us with weapons to prevent being robbed by us."
"Though the Mountain People have joined The Empire and become citizens, they still remember the war from two hundred years ago. Only those they recognize are allowed to trade with them, and it's all barter, for fear of being scammed by us."
