- So, that's how it is, - Merel pondered. - And which region of the north is it? I'd like to visit sometime, if the opportunity arises.
- Do you happen to be interested in botany? - the astrologer asked Evgeny after greeting him.
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Erefir's gaze said, "I'm new to the city, I see that the saleswoman is worried, but what exactly is the problem?"
He sighs.
-- Merel probably knows what he's doing, can I have a diary too? -- he takes it and gives it to the saleswoman. -- Oh, by the way, please write down the pen somewhere in the margins, because it often happens that the ink dries out while it's just sitting in the store.
It's like a hint for her to write down what her problem is, if the diary won't be damaged by it, of course... If it does get damaged, then he gives her his notebook.