Farmer by Tom Larcombe

Author:Tom Larcombe
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: TML
Published: 2019-10-13T04:00:00+00:00

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By the end of the evening Eddie had made even better profits than the day before. Evidently the vegetables were going to be a major portion of his profits, at least for a few days until people got tired of them again. He'd also gained two more points in his cooking skill.

Between the ninety-three meat on a sticks that had sold and the seventy-five portions of vegetables, he was feeling pretty flush. Tiana had stayed right through the evening, helping out as well.

Eddie had been paying attention this time. Whenever she got the chance, she'd move to within a couple of feet of him, then either strike up a conversation or just keep doing whatever she'd been doing, only closer to him.

What should I do about that? he wondered. Is she interested in me or is it something else? I wish I knew how to tell.

The sound of trees being felled continued right through the afternoon and evening. After it looked like their customers for the day were gone, Eddie asked Karl to run some meat and vegetables over to Ingolf.

“Ingolf?” Karl asked.

“Yeah, he's the woodcutter I've got clearing my lot. You won't be able to miss him, just wait until you hear someone call out 'timber' and that'll be him.”

He glanced over at Tiana, then back to Karl.

“Okay?” Eddie asked.

Karl's eyes flicked to Tiana as well and a grin spread across his face.

“Oh yeah, I get you,” he said.

Eddie groaned inwardly, but let Karl run with his idea.

After all, he thought, it's not that far from the truth. I just want to know why she keeps getting so close to me.

While he talked with her, he counted the profits for the day.

“So, um, I don't know how to say this, so I'll be blunt,” Eddie said. “You keep getting really close to me and just hanging out there. I don't mind, not at all, I just... I don't want to read too much into that.”

Tiana blushed.

“Well first, thank you for asking and not assuming. I don't know why I keep doing it. It's just that if I'm close enough to to you I feel comforted, you know? Real life's pretty rough for me at this point. I'm doing thirty day stints because I need to be in the pod, at least if I want...”

She trailed off.

“You don't want to know all of that though,” she continued. “It's not your problem, it's mine. I'm doing what I can about it, but that sense of comfort is something I've missed in game. Lucky gives me a little of that feeling as well, but I get a lot more of it from you.”

Well, now I guess I get to quantify that non-quantifiable bonus, he thought. Although quantifying a feeling? Maybe I can't really quantify it still, but now I know what it does, or at least what it does for her.

“If you need to talk about it, I'm not going anywhere for a while,” Eddie said. “I can't really, but can't say more about it either.

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