It was finally time for Ben and Zane to get new anime body pillows to
snuggle up with, so it became necessary to brave the greatest fantasy
adventure setting: the marketplace. The merchants were formal and
entertaining, but their bartering system was too complicated and the church
kept showing up to accuse the Cartoncasters of various sins and
abominations. Buying things was easier back when you just had to make a
sacrifice to the wolf god.