Maybe glass guy should find a place on the edge of the market with more elbow room.

 No one shops at those spots!

Maybe he should pay for a bigger slot and show all his stuff in the center of the doublewide.

He shouldn't have to pay more than anyone else just because people can't keep to their own space!

If he owned the place, that would certainly be the case, but if he is renting, 'generating complaint overhead' is a thing he could be reasonably charged for.

Shouldn't the other people also be charged for that and not just him?

He's done it five times, so not any more.

The man looks from her to Laithan.

He's letting Pelape handle this one and is just here for support.

Fine, he'll fork over the money for an extra wide tomorrow, but he doubts there are any left in decent spots today.

There probably aren't, alas. She wishes him the best of luck for tomorrow.

The fabrics guy wants to know if the glass guy is going to move today.

"What's he doing besides being annoying?"

"Just the being annoying - if he shuts up about my stuff being in his precious personal space, I'll deal."

"I appreciate that. If he doesn't, at least I'm sure all your stall neighbors will agree that you're not provoking him on purpose even if we do wind up having to ask around as due diligence."

"Yes."

"Thanks for your patience."

"Well, I'd say that went well," Latihan comments once they've wandered some distance away.

"Thank you."

"Possibly we should do a day of me shadowing you around the market rather than the other way around next time."

"I might want clarity on the underlying official situation so I'm not guessing so wildly."

"I haven't actually had someone who had quite that many complaints about him from different people without any of the complaints being egregious, your solution seemed good."

"Right, but like, who is he in fact renting the stall from?"

"I set the prices and decide what to do with the funds, so I guess me in some sense? But I wouldn't spend the money on myself."

"So, the city."