The city was indeed rather beautiful but it also had some odd quirks. Namely, the people were always smiling. Even when bad things happened, they smiled. They didn't laugh. Just smile.
"This is starting to creep me out," the boy said. "Are they ill?"
"Something like that," Lenora said. "Let's try out our quick money making scheme," she said.
"Hunt one of those Nichu things?"
"What? No. That'd take too long. We can just sell some items."
"We don't have any good items," Drifus said.
"Sure we do," Lenora gave him a glance and a smile.
"What?"
"You."
"What?" He thought she'd been joking and he laughed a bit but when he realized she wasn't joking and was entirely serious, his smile more or less cracked. "You're not serious…"
***
"Come all, come all, see the beautiful elven tramp!" the boy declared. "Fresh from the forest of Dale!"
