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384 - Red Ice Parlor
The restaurant was a little bit far from the intersection. They were going to the right, and then followed the way until they met a Y crossing. This part of town was less busy than the one where the red hotel was. There were shops selling different things here.
There was a toy store, a small boutique or dress shop, a shop that sells plumbering tools like pipes and other things. There was also a water shop and they displayed a line of jugs in their wooden terrace. Some people were lining up to buy water with jugs in a cart or even bringing other sorts of water container, which confused Jai why they would need to buy water too here. So he asked Darrion about it.
“Oh yeah, in some parts of the town, the water is not from uhh, the pipe. So people come to buy water, and they store it in jugs. Aeronvein does that too you know? In the outskirts, and south eastern market districts,” Darrion answered.
“Oh we do?” Darrion nodded. “Hmm…
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