"Less than you'd think with today's sale," the merchant said, pointing to a small sign reading 'Buy one get on free", "Lets see here, one of each color. That will beseventeen silver or one gold. We'll even throw in a few free brushes to go with the pain."

"Here you go.  Thank you." she said as she handed him the silver and put her supplies away.  'Thank goodness for all that extra solver the willow found...' she thought as she went to yet another stall for her paper, journal and writing utensil.  She grabbed the merchandise and asked for the sum.

"Paper's free. The rest will total five silver. We're a little over stocked right now," the merchant said, setting the paper to the side to count the rest.

"Thank you." she said with a smile as she handed him the money.  She then placed her items in her bag and left with Tieral.  "See, not that bad." she told him.

"I never said it would be," he said with a smile, "You find everything you need? We can stop at a few more stall if you still need to find something."

"I have everything now.  Thank you for showing me where everything was." she said.

"You bing here is all the thanks I need," he said, kissing her on the cheek, "Besides, everyone needs directions every now and then."

"Me more than others." she said with an embarrassed laugh.  She then leap up on the led he that led to her home and went to get some of the cloth from the chest she had in the storage room.  She took out a sky blue cloth and went to her carving room that now served as the multipurpose room.  She took out a blue thread and a sewing needle and she began to make something from the cloth.

From the main room, light snoring could be heard.

"What are you doing mom," Alekai asked, hopping up on the table she was working on, "Whatever it is, you're using pretty cloth to make it."

"Thank you.  Mommy's going to wear this when she's done." she said.  After a couple of hours, she held up a dress.  She tied a ribbon around the middle and then she shape shifted to her human form, putting the dress on.  She then put a matching blue ribbon in her hair.  She then walked out of the room.

"You look rather impressive as a human, I must say," Tieral said, seeing Goldenscale walk out of the room, Alekai fallowing close behind, "The dress suits you as a human."

"I'm going to have to wear them when I go through their villages and towns.  I don't understand how they can wear such things, though..." she said.  

"Humans have more trouble holding in heat than you do. They wear thicker cloths during the wonter to hold in heat. Mostly, they use cloths to hide their more intimate parts from eachother," he said, walking over to Goldenscale and started circling her to check every angle, "I don't understand why they wear them, but they do."

"Hm... who's there," Mayumi said groggily as she woke, rubbing her eyes, "Did I miss somthing?"

Frost walks to the entrance streching ready for bed.

"I'm tired to Frost, but they may not be done with their running around," she said, slowly standing  and walking over to Frost, "Besides, it's not even lunch yet."