Wonderland?

// there's shadows on the walls //

"It's a vegetable, believe it or not. Comes from a weed - an acquired taste, but you can sweeten it with honey and lemon if you like," Danta says, the words quiet and cheerfully recited, as though he'd learned them by heart from someone else. (Guess who). "Otherwise, I have it on very good authority that that one is a best seller." And he points - yes - to the spiced chocolate tea Sah had originally been looking at.

As for the Maverick, he heads for the counter where the merchant has already prepared a paper parcel for him, which he accepts with a grateful nod. "First time in the Whisper?" he asks casually to Sah when he's finished, glancing over his shoulder and tucking the parcel under one arm. "You've got that overwhelmed look about you. I'm Danta, by the way."

Dantalion

// of moments far too troubling to recall //