"Do you want, um, the place where you can buy more clothes, or more-expensive clothes, first?"

"Is there some distinction that isn't translating?"

"Well, um - oh, if you mostly stay in one shape I guess you would just keep the clothes you have until they wear out?  But here we have places you can sell your good clothes that don't fit you anymore, and then other people can buy them for cheaper than new ones!  I also just like it because sometimes you find ones that people added fun embroidery to or whatever; there's more variety than the all-new stuff.  - It's also okay if you want to go to only one place or the other."

"Oh, I see. We can start at the less expensive store."

"Okay!"  Zoooom, wheeeee, et cetera et cetera.

The shop is slightly better-lit than the streets but only slightly; it's hard to make out the colors of some of the items in the gaps between the candles.  Lornell is happy to help them with the signage labeling the sections, which has a fairly detailed sizing system and occasionally refers to the body types of specific public officials that were available at one point or another.  Lornell is extra happy to help them with fashion advice.

The selection of clothes is indeed varied.  They've invented stretchy fabric but it seems like maybe they only did so recently, based on what's available.  The clothes aren't divided by gender except insofar as the sizings are specific enough to account for relevant measurements.  There are occasional ones with quirky embroidery or elaborate lace trim or interesting dye jobs, as well as plenty of more uniform and plain ones.

Kyeo's taste insofar as he has any is very plain and straight-line, no stretch no slouch no lace no embroidery.

Sarham likes stretchy fabric, especially for pants, and can be convinced to get colorful and even embroidered (if not lacy).

Lornell is willing to advise within their stated tastes!  They tend slightly towards the colorful and elaborate themself, but everyone has different preferences and it's probably even more important to respect that with people for whom clothes are the only available method of expression.  They can each get . . . eight? days' worth of clothes?  Is that reasonable???  Lornell doesn't know.

"Sounds about right."

"...if the laundry is hard to reach, sure."

"I mean at the very least it's going to take you a weekish to get to Chraida, right?  - Possibly you should wait till you get there to go buy trendy new things; the styles might be different."

"I'll keep an eye out for what people are wearing there, sure."

"You'll - um.  I'll write you guys, for sure.  As long as you send me something first so I have your address."

"Can you write your address down for us?"

"Of course, I'll definitely do that before you leave!  - I wish I could go with you."

"Why can't you?"

"Oh, I don't have papers to go very far outside the city."

"What kind of papers do you need?"

"Ones . . . that authorize you to do that?"

"Yes, but how hard are they to get, what kind of reasons do you need..."

"I don't know; I've never tried?  Probably longer than it takes before you'll be leaving, though, I think . . ."

"I don't specifically need you to come along with us," Sarham says, "I'm just curious about - patterns of movement here."

"Well.  I've been here my whole life, so."

"Sarham likes to travel," Kyeo says fondly.

"I might, someday.  Just, I think other places are mostly - worse than here - and I haven't gotten around to it."