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Kuuhr approached the talisman vender, because they seemed the most foreign to the area, and thus likely knew the most about interesting things that didn't involve the local clay and fruit industry. He crouched down in front of the doggish trader and gave his best winning smile.
"Kuuhr came to see all your shiny talismans, they are looking very valuable and good!" the gnoll lied, looking down at the garbage on the dusty blanket. "Black dog must have travelled very far to bring such good trinkets!"
The canine blinked for a moment, then smiled back at Kuuhr, amused. For some reason, a lot of people made that face when Kuuhr spoke to them. Someone had once told him that his trade-speech wasn't very good, but Kuuhr could make himself understood - and that should be enough for anyone! "You also sound like you're from far away, your ... accent... is unfamiliar to me. Do you want to buy something?"
Kuuhr spread his arms, pretending to look interested, and replied, "Oh, yes! But Kuuhr is looking to buy even better trinkets than this! Does black dog know good place to find powerful magics? Perhaps wizard or mighty sorcerer?"
The trader frowned, but thought about the question for a moment, clearly disappointed at the lack of a sale. Still, he answered, "Well, I don't know any wizards personally, but uh, I suppose people used to talk about the Sorcerer of Khemia, back where I came from. You know though, Kaemhia is quite far away, perhaps some of my wares here would interest you? All of them will protect you from danger! Like this one here, the on that looks like a boomerang, it's a ward against-"
The gnoll interrupted him, leaning forwards and pointing past the trader. "Look out! Kuuhr just noticed guard over there has been watching talisman dog since got here!"
The trader whirled around to follow the gnoll's finger. "Kuuhr hears there was kaemhia thief in town earlier, maybe guard is thinking to arrest friend black dog..."
The dog frowned, keeping his eyes on the guard behind him. "I don't know, he doesn't seem to be watching me... are you sure?"
Kuuhr sat back, shrugging his shoulders and smiling. "Kuuhr just saw him look away as soon as black dog turned around. Keep eyes on guard and black dog will see." With that, the gnoll stood up and began moving away, as quickly and quietly as he could, which was very.
He was already several dozen feet away before he heard the dog behind him yelp, "Hey!!", and he ducked into a convenient alleyway immediately after. Score. Information and something he could probably sell later!
The only problem was that Kuuhr wasn't too good at geography, so now he needed to figure out where 'Kaemhia' even was. That meant finding some sort of way there.
The cheaper option was to acquire a map (at a discount) from a local shop, along with any other supplies he might need, but while that option was cheap, he had gotten lost before, even with a map...
Kuuhr could also hitch a ride with someone heading there, but that would probably cost money and he'd have to find someone who was even heading there, so who knew how long that would take. Or what the conditions would be. But at least he'd get there!
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