"At the start of this year, changes that I really couldn't understand happen every day. Yesterday, I heard that the Sala Dukedom was at war once again and food prices were going to increase. Today, I heard that the druids invented a new kind of crop. Food prices plummeted, which forced me to ask Karo to go to the neighboring town to bring back a cart of food. Before the food could even reach the warehouse, it was all sold off."
Behind the counter, Old Man Barton was wiping dishes whilst complaining about how quickly the world was changing, to the point where this old veteran couldn't understand it.