"I've seen bugs, and fish. And a dead deer."

"Could you tell the front end from the back end of the deer?"

"It was very dead, I'm not sure."

He glances at her outfit. "That where you got the clothes?"

"Yes, the water spirit I know made them for me."

"Huh. Didn't know nature spirits did clothes."

"She wears clothes too."

"Huh. Never heard of a nature spirit wearing clothes before," he says thoughtfully.

"I only know one."

"How long've you been around?"

"A couple weeks."

"And that's why you don't know anything?"

"Yeah."

"Huh."

"It must be different being a baby first."

"I suppose so," he shakes his head.

"When do you have sugar?"

"When the trade caravans come through in the spring and fall, if we have a little extra sometimes we'll buy some."

"Is it spring or fall now?"

"No, it's summer."

"Oh. Extra what?"

"Money, or crops to trade for it."

"What's money?"

He considers this. "Little discs of metal that you can trade for things," he says finally.

"Oh. Where do you get it?"