"That's easy then."

- is May okay?

"I'm fine, why?"

Dusk shrugs: She seemed a little sad or something. 

"I'm fine."

All right.

Is there anything cool to do around here?

"There's a little movie theater...? I don't know what you like."

She's not really picky, she usually chooses an action movie or a kids' movie when it's her turn to pick at home but she'll watch most things.

"It's got two screens, and they're both in smallish rooms that seat maybe twenty, but you could see what's playing."

Sure.

She meant, like, now, though, she's kind of out of not-upsetting things to talk about. Or she can go read a book or something, that's fine too.

"Might make sense. We don't have to chat all day, I've got spellwork to do if nothing else."

All right. Hopefully she'll have more things to talk about once she's settled in some. And here's the pearls and amber she's made so far, sorted and labeled by color and grade - the cheaper ones might sell faster, they'll have to see what happens there - and how much does May think she'll need for mailing supplies, to start?

"I really don't know but I'd be kind of surprised if it was more than twenty bucks?"

She adds $20 to the pile. Anything else?

"I think that's it."

All right. She'll be around; she hopes May has a good day.

She pays for the meal and heads off; she'll have a look around rather than going right back to the park this time.

The Avalon is a very compressed small town. There's a haircut place, there's a coffeeshop, there's the school.

Anything interesting going on at the school? Might be about time for them to be getting out.

It's a weekend, so it's empty.

She'll check back another time, then.

Any interesting shops or anything?

A little grocery store - almost more of a convenience store, with more microwaveables and snacks than ingredients, though there are boxes with names on them on shelves and in a glass-doored fridge behind the counter that have vegetables and such. Bookstore. A combination hardware/craft/fabric store.

Maybe the craft store will want pearls or what have you. She goes in to check it out.

They have paint, and wood, and screws, and posterboard, and tools, and cloth, and buttons, and spackle, and stuff like that.

Not super likely, seems like. She looks for a clerk to ask anyway.

"Hey, can I help you?"