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"We’ll plan better next tiht," Pris "What a very odd sort of place this is"

Quesnel ly

Pri but brushed it off as girlish silliness

Sooat past theued in an exotic language about a clay figurine of a pregnant snake or possibly a coithout legs One of the on his shoulder Off to one side was a row of ers, hyenas, and other toothy carnivores The Maltese Tower clearly did a brisk trade in exotic animals A stall nearby displayed racks of valves and rows of sprockets in teht lay out his wares

Quesnel’s eyes lit up and he drifted in that direction

Pri jewellery vendor and began to walk the other way

Before they could get far, Rue grabbed each by the arm

Quesnel looked down at her gloved hand on his sleeve "What now, chérie?"

"How about exploring together? Get the lay of the land? I’ve never been to a docking tower before, have you?"

Quesnel’s shook his head

"But… sparkles," said Prim forlornly

"We can shop after a bit of a wander and a nice nosh, what do you say?" Rue’s eyes were shining hopefully

Primrose said, suspiciously, "Tea?"

"Tea in a proper tea-shop There must be one somewhere All the best towers have tea-shops Fortnu else could possibly draw Primrose away froreeable "The opportunity to spend lorious company, how could I resist?"

"How could you, indeed?"

Quesnel gave Rue big violet puppy eyes – back and forth between her and the stall of gadgets

Rue relented "Very well, you ets on the ship’s account A few, reasy"

Quesnel brightened

Primrose looked pathetically at her