☀️ Arselia and Akonia

- What a convenient approach... But my friends said that this can also lead to acquiring some... "undesirable companions" that you can't get rid of later. Not that it worries me, it's not something that applies to me, but who knows what unexpected twists our reality is capable of?..."
"Especially for a woman of a certain age..."
- And who knows what will happen next? The Mother Goddess may have her plans, but reality has its own. A penny saved is a penny earned. The early bird catches the worm. Measure twice, cut once," she continues for a while, sharing folk wisdom that has little to do with the topic at hand, solely to fill the silence and escape reality, even if only for a moment, delaying the answer to the cunning park lady's question, which completely caught her off guard. - Oh yes, and we still haven't figured out what the cardinal directions mean at this crossroads... We should figure it out, maybe there's some kind of trap? - With an expression of utmost importance, she tries to buy herself some more time, using all her perceptive, spiritual, and intellectual powers to examine the sign and see where its planks lead.