Our Wandering Time by Robert Butler

Author:Robert Butler [Butler, Robert]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-04-10T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Five

The shoving and pushing was definitely still something to get used to, and I did what I could to minimize it on the way down the winding metal stairs until we reached the ground. I rubbed my left shoulder a little, I was still technically a toothless adventurer, and all this pounding was making me kind of sore, this new body of mine was, I don’t know quite how to say it…

Well, I was still ‘soft.’ I wondered, if I’d been a bodybuilder in the other world, would my kitsune body have been jacked? There’s no way I’ll ever know the answer, but I did know I’d need to put some work in to toughen up a little.

The wait to see the schedule was a long one, and I spontaneously said, “Why don’t I go get food and lodging for us while you find out when tomorrow’s flight is?” I asked.

“If’n ye want lass, but we might be able to leave today.” Dwarguy pointed out, but I shot that down.

“Maybe, but there’s some things I want to try and it’ll be easier doing it in the countryside, if you two don’t mind, that is?” I asked.

Loysa cracked a little smile. “That’s more like it.” She said, though I didn’t know quite what she meant, she then added, “Go on, get a place and some food, we’ll meet you over there.” She said and pointed to a tree growing in the center of a large bench off to one side. There were a number of emplacements like that, the tree grew up in the center and provided shade to those who sat beneath. A practical set of waiting stations, and a straightforward way to pick a place to meet.

It was smart, and people used it as such. The smell of food was rich in the air, and I thought I even detected a few familiar flavors. My mouth started to water, and my tails, which I’d kept up to avoid any perverts or being stepped on again, began to wiggle with excitement.

I’d rather not mention what I ate, because try as I did to resist, I couldn’t, not completely, and I bought something from a street vendor, vowing to myself, ‘I won’t mention it, I don’t want Loysa to tell me I just ate a cat or something.’

Finding a place was easy too, there were wooden signs hanging out of almost every building showing food, or beds, or food and beds, and a few showing… various ‘postures’ for men and women. I knew what those places were for and it wasn’t rest. Though I suppose it would tire people out if they do it right.

I rolled my eyes, that was another thing about this world, I saw people shamelessly visit those places in the middle of the day. There seemed to be no separation of activities by hours. Whatever people seemed to feel like doing, if they weren’t doing something else, they’d just ‘do.’

It was unsettling in a way I can’t quite describe, like bringing home a new dog as a pet and hearing it meow.

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