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Mushroom. It's lightly salted, very umami and has a bite like jerky. "His mom wasn't there, silly, she got eaten by the Tarrasque, remember. No, we found the capital city of Shazeun, it's not too bad a hike as intercity transit goes, they're friendly as drow get, we spoke with someone who implied that she was not the princess, we bought some stuff to settle my bet."

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"Great! Maybe they'll extend the hours of the markets, if we're going to have lots of drow."

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"And tweak the rules about where women can go, perhaps."

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"I guess they'd have to."  He chews his mushroom. "Congratulations."

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"Thanks!"

And after lunch she can go by herself with the rest of the mushrooms and her bolt of silk to where Merenre works and report in.

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Luay is delighted. "You think we can send an expedition in next?"

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"I think you can risk it. It is not without its risks, to be clear, none of these people are very coordinated with each other and they won't trust you off the bat however Lawful your auras and the fact that the princess of this particular city didn't decide to try to murder me yesterday doesn't mean that much about the behavior of individuals with something to gain. I do think that if nothing bad happens in the first while you can relax a lot, though - a lot of chaotic behavior is actually a reaction to expecting chaos from the surroundings, if that makes sense? I still read chaotic but I behave in Osirion and on a certain level it's very relaxing here because I don't have to expect much chaos from the surroundings; if it becomes well known that Osirians are boring predictable vendors of goods and services you can just be that."

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He beams at her. "We will."

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"Delightful. Any tips on where to dump this bolt of silk I obtained to win my bet?"

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"You have to sell it? I'd have to look up the exact wording, but there's a market here in the old city, you could probably pass it off there."

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"I have to render it available for sale to the general public having first purchased it in a drow country with that intention. I also brought downstairs snacks," she brandishes her bag of mushrooms, "but was planning to hand those out to people who can specifically use them as research material rather than the general public. Want one? Should probably detect poison on it in case this kind is bad for you or something." She eats one herself. "'Nother question, I hear the pharaoh sometimes resurrects people but I have not heard a price tag, does he do this straight up for cash or what?"

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He takes a mushroom but does not try it. "Not generally, no, usually he raises people who were killed in the service of Osirion or of Abadar for the Risen Guard. Or sometimes people he becomes aware of in Axis, I think, though I don't know much of the details of that."

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"Oh."

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"Need one?"

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"Two but only one needs that kind of caster level."

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"Know the Temple of the All-Seeing Eye? It's in the Old City, just outside the Dome - got the big spire - the High Priestess of Nethys, there, she has True Resurrection. I think sometimes she'll sell it."

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"Thanks for the tip, I'll price her. Is anybody else gonna want to try a mushroom?"

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He bites his, consideringly. "Sure, people will probably be curious."

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"Somebody suggested I might get tipped for going above and beyond seeing the office of the Princess instead of just verifying that you're over Shazeun, that happening?"

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"I can put in a word with Prince Merenre. Which means probably."

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"He in today, want to ask me things himself and have a shroom, or nah?"

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"He's out right now but I suspect he will when he gets back, if you want to wait around."

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"I'll sell the silk and come back to collect my winnings, unless you think he'll wanna see it."

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"I wouldn't expect so especially. Go collect your winnings, you earned it. This is all very exciting."

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"Mm-hm."

She heads out to find someone who'll flip the silk for her.

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