kyeo and sarham in citrelia
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They remain unbothered throughout the day.  Eventually it's time to stop for the night and someone comes in the back to fetch a few things, but they don't attempt to start an interaction about it.

The wagon's been fitted with a cushioned bench of sorts, which they have presumably been sitting on all day; it's big enough for both of them to lie down on (barely), and not particularly comfortable but also not bad enough for them to be very stiff in the morning, at least.

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Kyeo's not picky at all but Sarham spends some time fussing with their spare clothes till he thinks his back will forgive him. They sleep cuddled up together.

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The rest of the week continues in much the same way, the main difference being that each day a different member of the team takes the role of the driver.  On the fourth morning it rains a bit, but only lightly and relatively briefly, and the top of the wagon is sufficiently waterproof for this not to be much more than a change in soundscape for the people inside of it.  The wagon's pace slows a bit for a while but picks up the slack once they're in clear weather again.  They discover a book that Lornell must have slipped in one of their bags; it and a note tucked behind the front cover are above their current Cretari reading level.

They approach the city on the afternoon of their sixth day traveling.

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Sarham is very glad to be (almost) not traveling any more! Is someone going to meet them or do they have to find some kind of building -

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There's someone there for them, with light and sparsely-patterned vitiligo.  After taking a moment to acquire the language - "Hello!  Welcome to Chraida."

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"Thank you! It looks beautiful."

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"I'm glad you find it so.  Now, it was my understanding that you wanted two adjacent apartments, is that correct?"

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"Yes. If there don't happen to be vacant ones next to each other we're willing to share."

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"I see.  We do have some adjacent ones, but none that are very centrally located, and it was also my understanding that you - have a bit more trouble getting around than most people.  Or, depending on your definition of adjacent, we do have some open downtown that are a few buildings apart."

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"We have to do all our own exercise on top of all our own sleeping and eating and healing, which does mean we're less athletic than people here. I think sharing is better than a few buildings apart."

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"Yeah, we can take turns cooking and stuff."

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"All right."  He loads their bags into the cart he brought with him.  "I heard that you had someone in Telerta taking you places, but the apartment we picked for you is close to enough amenities that hopefully you shouldn't have any trouble taking care of things on your own, once we get you there."

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"Sounds great, thank you."

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He nods, and runs them to their apartment.

It's on the second story of its building and has two bedrooms (with a bed in each), a bathroom, a kitchen, a living room (complete with couch, table, chairs, and bookshelf), and two empty rooms.  The kitchen has a bigger stove than Lornell had and an icebox and some food stocked in it already.

"Here's a map with all the local places; I'll label it for you in a moment.  Do you have any questions or should I let you get settled in?"

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They divide the bedrooms without much fuss. "How are ice deliveries managed?"

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"What do we do if we need repairs or there's some argument with the neighbors, is there a landlord or what?"

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"There's an ice house on your map; you can - probably get someone there to bring it here for you to begin with, if it would be difficult for you to do it yourselves - and once you're sure of how frequently you want it you can set up scheduled deliveries.  The landlord lives on the fifth floor and the first floor is a sort of a common area with things it makes sense to have for the whole building rather than everybody having them individually; you should be able to either go up and knock on her door or leave a note downstairs once you share a language.  - Is there . . . anything you anticipate getting into an argument with the neighbors about."

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"- not in particular, it's just something it's sensible to know in advance, or would be back home. I suppose I might be more worried than usual that someone'll be noisy in the middle of the night if we're the only people in the building who need sleep."

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"I see.  I wasn't involved directly in the selection of which apartment you got, but since you're both in only one I think they were able to take the other tenants' dispositions into account."

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"Great, thanks."

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He fills out their map.  "Please feel free to take a few days to settle in, and when you're ready we'd appreciate you stopping here," he points on the map to a building he has labelled 'research facility', "within a week or so.  Ask for Zarian; she's been assigned to you.  Any further questions before I leave you be?"

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"Is Zarian there at all hours?"

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"She'll be there for at least daylight hours until you go to meet her, I believe."

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"Do we get - spending money to stock the kitchen with and stuff?"

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"Yes.  Zarian will help determine what's a reasonable amount for your regular payments, and in the meantime there's a coin purse over with the groceries that should be plenty to start with."

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