Forest breeze

[Iron Dragoon]

Alyssa nods slowly, "Yes. We do, we are made that way. You can ask near anything about food, just not while we are eating. Politeness, you see."

[Anastasia]

"Not talk while eating? Another strange habit," is the answer you get.

"Eating is meant to be a time to talk and share," Dolmaya points out, "Hardly a time to quiz yourself on what you're eating, though telling the chef that it's good is only proper manners."

"How strange," Koruval says, "We don't go talk to Grumbar every time we eat a stone."

[Iron Dragoon]

"That's because food is less of a struggle for you. Before we had civilization, we had to roam and hunt. And the things that were hunted for food could hunt in return and were often attracted by the kill. So we ate in groups. And then we developed cooking which makes food last longer and taste better. But before we had books, the skill was passed from one person to another through teaching, and so there were fewer who could cook than hunt. And those that hunted were thankful for the cooking."

[Anastasia]

"It's like a fight when you want to eat, so you honor the victors," Jarem points out, half smiling at it all.

"That's....so dark," The elemental finally says, "Dark as somewhere without stone and dirt."

[Iron Dragoon]

"It is, but there's celebration of life and balance. Things we eat, eat plants. If there are too many of them, then the plants can't flourish. We eat them and help control the balance. A druid could explain this better to you. We have a friend who is one."

[Anastasia]

"Plants come from soil and earth," Your host wrinkles his nose, "But they aren't like stone and earth at all. How strange! This is much to think about."

[Iron Dragoon]

"If we come to an agreement. We can't stay here, an I know your people all want to interact with us. What do you think of a rotation? A group comes to us for a few months, then comes back and another group comes. A few of you stay longer, to help the new ones."

[Anastasia]

"Hmmm...." Koruval considers, "On one condition."

[Iron Dragoon]

"Which is?"

[Anastasia]

"You do have good rocks for eating there?" Is the question you get. "Good, strong rocks."

[Iron Dragoon]

"I haven't taste tested them myself. I'll leave that up to whoever you send."

[Anastasia]

With that you have a crushing handshake and...

Anything else to do here?

[Iron Dragoon]

How much and what are we getting exactly? We should at least go over that before calling it closed.

[Anastasia]

Got any ranks in Appraise or the ability to discern how much that's roughly worth?

[Iron Dragoon]

My appraise is +28, so I guess I'll roll that, but I meant more of a long term deal and trade for resources. Like regular shipments of metals for forging and what not

[blockquote]Rolled 1d20+28 : 13 + 28, total 41[/blockquote]