Holo and Lawrence have made it to Pazzio, a city run by nobles and merchants! Who needs a king when you can run on the power of business deals and coin
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The Pasloe legend of Holo's appearance is very on-point in it's description of her...but if most of the villagers are like Yarei, probably not a lot of people are even still aware of that description, so she's probably not likely to be recognized
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Holo has a hankering for apples! A Wise Wolf knows how to manage her own Greed, and her Merchant companion is willing to spend one of his precious silver coins to feed her deliciously evil apples! All she has to do is make up the money with her aid, and considering Holo is a fast learner and quick thinking, she'll have no problem there
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Nice to have a trading company you have good business with who you can haggle with and get information out of. Even moreso when you have Holo and she knows how to put on a performance and get an even better deal than you did, using the apples she bought in the process to boost up the scent of the apples! Not bad for a Wolf Girl just going off what she learned from a prior passing merchant
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Zheren's a little more unsure about his info and he has a pretty conservative investment in Lawrence, so maybe he is on the up and up, or at least that's what Lawrence thinks when he decides to take him up on his deal
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Look at Holo committed to learning all the various different silver coins and their names! Though nothing puts a Wolf God to sleep faster than having to remember all that...though the wine she always helps herself too probably didn't hurt either
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The history of civilization is also the history of currency, which changes and is redefined/revalued so often that it's a lot of work keeping track of it and where the market and value will shift. Though at least Lawrence has some advantage in Holo's uncanny ears and knack for business
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Lawrence meets up with his old buddy Weiz who wastes no time flirting with Holo, which Lawrence doesn't care for, though Holo seemed to appreciate him getting jealous of her holding hands with another women. Men are jealous idiots, but women are idiots for enjoying the attention
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Holo helps Lawrence put together that the purity of the Trenni coin is degrading, meaning there's more going on in Zheren's deal, but Zheren might be working on the orders/info of someone else...and it's time to return to the trading company
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