[He's polite enough to just suppress the eye roll at that joke, smirking faintly but not commenting as he grabs two sodas.]
It's complicated. Where I was before we kind of needed a store with the basics to get people settled in. There was no electricity or natural light, so we sold things like candles and blankets. My brother and I can repair things pretty fast so I got hired on for repairs and after the guy running the store disappeared I found he had left it to me. I've been running it ever since, and now... it's here.
[He doesn't sound too thrilled about it, but he hands Magnus his drink before cracking his own open with a hum.]
Al and I are trying to get our names out there for repairs again, the store itself probably won't come in very handy with all the technology and variety this place has to offer... stock and space is too limited, I think. But- no harm in keeping a small sampling of stock and just using it as a repair shop.
[He flashes a grin at that, Purg's post-apocalyptic like setting didn't allow for much, the General Store was all they had on the lower level, but here it probably wouldn't gain much interest.]
Once we're set up, I'll let you know, you can come by and be completely underwhelmed.
[At the sigh though, Ed's attention is back on Magnus and he frowns with the explanation. He wasn't really one to pry and nothing had been offered that he could gain much information from so he's not sure what to say. With his friends here, Nico and Jay, it was best left untouched. Magnus wasn't like them though, and he wasn't sure the same approach would apply here. His expression is serious, clearly upset on the guy's behalf despite barely knowing him at all.]
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It's complicated. Where I was before we kind of needed a store with the basics to get people settled in. There was no electricity or natural light, so we sold things like candles and blankets. My brother and I can repair things pretty fast so I got hired on for repairs and after the guy running the store disappeared I found he had left it to me. I've been running it ever since, and now... it's here.
[He doesn't sound too thrilled about it, but he hands Magnus his drink before cracking his own open with a hum.]
Al and I are trying to get our names out there for repairs again, the store itself probably won't come in very handy with all the technology and variety this place has to offer... stock and space is too limited, I think. But- no harm in keeping a small sampling of stock and just using it as a repair shop.
[He flashes a grin at that, Purg's post-apocalyptic like setting didn't allow for much, the General Store was all they had on the lower level, but here it probably wouldn't gain much interest.]
Once we're set up, I'll let you know, you can come by and be completely underwhelmed.
[At the sigh though, Ed's attention is back on Magnus and he frowns with the explanation. He wasn't really one to pry and nothing had been offered that he could gain much information from so he's not sure what to say. With his friends here, Nico and Jay, it was best left untouched. Magnus wasn't like them though, and he wasn't sure the same approach would apply here. His expression is serious, clearly upset on the guy's behalf despite barely knowing him at all.]
Do you want to talk about it?