Void Rift (rp) - Intermission

The pair glance around for Ali once they've chosen what they want, waiting patiently.

 

She peeks out a minute later in her normal clothing.
"You two decided?" She asks.

 

"Yes, I'll have a cheese and tomato sandwich on desert grain bread, and a desert bean blend coffee with cream and sugar." Stephanie says happily.

"U-Uhm, I'll have a lettuce and tomato sandwich on white bread, and some tea please. No sugar." Angela says nervously.

 

"Got it. Three minutes."

Three minutes later, Ali comes out with a serving tray and sets the food and drunk in front of the pair.
"Enjoy."

 

"Thank you!" Stephanie says happily as the pair start to eat their food.

 

The desert grain bread, again, starts out a bit grainy before almost melting in Stephanie's mouth, and Angela's sandwich has bread that's less airy than she's used to. Again, the difference is compensated with flavor, but it's still something different.

 

"The villages in the village appear to be referencing you as their leader."

 

"Yes, that is part of my swamp."

 

"Bias, prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another, usually in a way considered to be unfair. Often you are bias for yourself, because you happen to know yourself better, or some beings are just stuck-up, and they don't know it."
I explain.
"I'll give you some lessons some time."

 

"Everything made sense except for prejudice."

 

"You were right, Stephanie! This place does really good sandwiches!" Angela says happily as she eats her food.

Stephanie takes a sip of her coffee partway through, before continuing with her food.

Once the pair finish their food and drink, Stephanie gets up, heading over to Ali.

"How much do we have to pay?" Stephanie asks happily.

 

"That's a total of five erdust and one shard. If you have other currency, I have an equivalent exchange chart and we can hope your currency's on it."

 

"It's just something you think about something but you don't have any actual evidence towards your thought."
I say, not giving the dictionary definition this time.

 

"Ah, okay. That makes more sense. I guess I'm only a bit biased, then."

 

"Oh, do you exchange silver and bronze?" Stephanie asks.

 

"Everyone's biased against something, it's nothing to be really picky about, unless you just start to hate almost everything that you don't actually know about. Then, it's bad."

 

"Ah, no, unfortunately." Ali says.
"Tell you what, I'll give you a map to our bank. If you sign up for a bank account, they give outsiders a 50 Erdust signing bonus."

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"So, the humans would be biased in my situation?" Ytir asks, trying to make sense of the new word.

 

"All of the humans, yes. Though, there are some, like the librarian, who you'd be right about. But not all of them are bad."

 

"Do you think I could do the dishes or something to cover the payment instead? I don't want to leave without paying." Stephanie asks, sounding apologetic.

 

"How much do you want for it?"