[ from here! ]

That is true. Better now than in the grip of winter.

We'll have time to prepare for that. And help any others who arrive in turn.

[ She pauses a moment to point to the dish she wants from the vendor, and her hands are soon full of noodles and some meat she doesn't recognise. Smells good, though. She pokes the food carefully with the utensils supplied, before frowning slightly and looking over to X'rhun. ]

May I ask you something?