[ He gives a single nod of understanding when Daylight mentions the jack-o-lanterns—Huaisang mentioned them too. Wolfe still finds it patently ridiculous that something such as a carved gourd could ward away the raised dead (or that the dead were somehow raised at all, to be fair), but hasn't he noticed himself automatically reaching for the twin statues of Bet and Beset outside his front door when he enters his house? True, the house he's been given here doesn't have the household gods inset at the threshold, but it's a tradition his people have carried on for years.
It's a combination of this and the recognition—between Huaisang's words about how it's important to partake in local traditions and Daylight's talk about getting on the townsfolk's good side—that it's an expected tradition that makes Wolfe scowl, even as he reaches for his wallet. ]
I think I'd prefer a sidearm.
But you make your points well, if not succinctly. Your name?
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It's a combination of this and the recognition—between Huaisang's words about how it's important to partake in local traditions and Daylight's talk about getting on the townsfolk's good side—that it's an expected tradition that makes Wolfe scowl, even as he reaches for his wallet. ]
I think I'd prefer a sidearm.
But you make your points well, if not succinctly. Your name?