☀️ Arselia and Akonia

- Alas, everything boils down to either money or, at the very least, the ability to earn it. Without at least one of these, traveling will not be easy, unless you are an ascetic capable of being content with little and willing to sleep without a roof over your head and eat irregularly.

-- In my opinion, small deprivations are not yet asceticism, and they are worth the new experiences. Why sleep in the same soft bed day after day if the chains of this bed will not allow you to soar far and do what is interesting? Will there be any benefit from this? But, of course, money helps, undoubtedly, but skills are more important. There are many situations in which no amount of money can buy freedom; at any moment, people risk their coins becoming no more valuable than the material from which they are made. But with skills... you can always make a living. In urban areas, this can be done by working for the benefit of others; in the wild, by knowing how to get what you need from nature.

-- And what about you personally, do you have a craft that provides for you?

- Wait, if they are both in love with the same woman and you wish both of them luck, how will this end then?... Perhaps with a friendly duel?

-- Both in love with the same one? And in such a big city? But yes, coincidences happen, and you should know better, -- the girl shrugs. -- I don't know how to resolve this paradox, if there is one, but real men are perfectly capable of sorting out their feelings without my speculations. And love can also be platonic (here, one could mention some other broad-shouldered philosopher suitable for the term), which is also a wonderful thing, and does not even require friendly duels in the worst case, but I repeat, I don't know.