You leave that up to your guide

As you walk down the hill Lucia rubs the rest of her morning sleep out of her eyes and stretches. "So where you wanna start this tour?" She asked when you reached the bottom of the hill.

You didn't answer right away, to caught up watching other people's morning habits. The stores that ringed hill were coming alive. The owners and works opening windows and doors, carrying out chairs and tables, getting ready for the breakfast rush. You could smell fresh bread and despite your recent breakfast your stomach gave an appreciative rumble.

"Hey I'm not buying you breakfast and taking you on a tour." Lucia said reaching up ruffling your hair.

You waved her off then patted your hair back down. "I know, what did you ask?" You said as she crossed the road with you behind.

"Where too first." She ducked her head into a store where you smelt bread and pulled her coin purse from her pants. "With honey."

"Coming up." A response came from inside and Lucia left the door to sit on a chair with you joining soon after.

"I guess wherever you think we should start." You answered her question wondering if her comments about not buying you breakfast might have been misleading.

"Helpful." She answered bluntly then muttered, "Where do you take a guy in a city?" She sat there musing for a while and you waited, not really having any substantive to add.

"Here you are Miss." The voice of the man who had responded to Lucia's request for food appeared with a plate and small cup.

"Thanks." Lucia said fishing out two coins and handing them over. The man bowed and smiled then walked back inside. Lucia picked up the cup and poured honey over her two slices of bread.

"What does me being a guy change?" You ask as she picks up a slice. It was a bit bigger than her hand and about as thick.

She took a bite and from how she worked at it the bread was dense. When she managed to tear a piece off she spent a few seconds chewing it before swallowing. "Well I can't take you to the brothels." She then squinted a bit and looked at you a bit closer before shaking her head. "Nah they'd be close this early anyway." She ate the rest of the slice chewing thoroughly as she examined you.

"I think I'm good on that front yeah." You answered, watching her pick up the last slice and point it at you.

"Well I mostly only know the theater and brothel district and they're both closed at this time of day. We could check out the harbours if you want but it's most store fronts for the shipping companies and you don't have any money." She really blew through that brothel part didn't she.

"Habour it is." You decided to not bring it up.

She pointed the bread for a little longer before shrugging and eating it. "Fine but I am not buying you anything." She said when she finished eating. She stood with a stretch and moan then looked at you. "I take it we are walking and not flying."

You stood and gave her a blank look. "No, we're sticking to the ground."

"Hang on if I'm the guide and deciding where we go doesn't that mean I can decide if we go by ground or air." She said back as you started walking to the waterfront.

"You can decide all you want but until you sprout wings and do the flying we're walking." You say back and since she is being bratty add, "You wouldn't just be trying to get a better view of the brothels would you?"

"Why all the good views are at ground level." She wasn't even phased by the question.

"You seem very knowledgeable about brothels."

"I don't have women throwing themselves at me constantly."

"Auria."

"That was only recently."

"Point taken. But didn't think you'd be into brothels, figured you enjoying seducing more than sex."

"Again not exacting swimming in options my whole life." She didn't sound at all bothered by this and since no one you walked past reacted in any way to the comments about brothels you put it down to them not being taboo, or at least not concerning enough to bother noting while you were working. "If you're so curious we can go by but it'll just be a lot of close buildings, might be a few wanderers but if I ain't buying you lunch I am definitely not buying you sex."

"Point taken. How far to the harbour?" The only time you'd been there was to rescue Edin and you hadn't paid much attention to the carriage beyond how much slower than running it was.

"Eh, few minutes. Some ok shops on the walk but all over priced. The further you go from the harbour the more expensive things get, even if they're the same thing." Lucia waved her arms in annoyance. "Nobles'll buy a knife for gold three blocks from the store asking two copper for the same thing then get upset when you point it out." She laughed at the end and shook her head at the speculated on silliness.

The few people in the street that were in ear shot gave mumbled agrees to Lucia statement but it mostly in amusement rather than malice. Not hard to understand why, easy to keep money flowing if those without it don't have to pay the same as those with it. You wonder if there is some sort law about that subject, in your past world an economy like that would result in the cheap stores raising prices to make more money and the high price stores doing the same until it became just tolerable enough for people mumble but not really complain. Though maybe that is what is happening here.

"Hey Christopher." Lucia said with nudge to your shoulder. You looked at an apologized for spacing out. "You do that a lot, no wonder Auria's looking for some who can actually pay attention in bed."

"Hey, that's only happened," you hesitate to give a number since you weren't entirely sure.

"Ah, knew it." Lucia jumped on your hesitation with a smirk.

"Oh shut up." You said shaking your head as you both laughed. "Do your job already guide me." She gave you a bit of smug side eye before talking about the stores along the road.

Mostly furniture, and raw material stores, things to make other things. A few stores sold jewelry and more stylized clothes, fashion brought in through the harbour. You smelt the stores selling spices and ingredients before Lucia pointed them out. People were starting to get more active now, the streets far from crowded but noticeably populated. By the time you reached the water front the noticeably had become evident in not just visual but also audio.

The sound of people talking, barking orders at subordinates, shouting for attention, hawking wears. It was far more dramatic than the last time you were here ... well it was differently dramatic. Lucia leads you along the harbour and you admire the ships moored there. Lucia doesn't know much about the area which is very clear since she is only giving commentary about whenever she gets a clear view of things and is guessing for most of it. You don't really mind, it's nice to being going for a wonder with a friend.

"Hey you two." The voice comes from a ship and you and Lucia turn to look at a tanned women wit short black hair in sleeveless top holding a rope in one hand and waving wildly in her other. "Hey get out of the way." She points up and you see a crate above your head. You and Lucia walked out of the way and she lowers it to the ground. "The fuck are you two doing not looking where you're going you could gotten yourself hurt." She shout jumping off the ship and staking over to you.

"Sorry." You said not sure what to do in this situation.

"The fuck were you doing unloading on your own." Lucia shouts back then points at the all the other ship off and on loading with teams of workers. You're more than a little surprised by Lucia's choice of confrontation.

"My fucking job now fuck off so I can do it." The woman says untying the ropes. You watch as she throws the freed rope back onto the ship. The ship isn't that big, a two mast sail boat sitting only a little above the harbours gangplanks. The woman tilts the crate then reaches over for a cart that is waiting nearby. It's out of her reach so you grab it and help her slide it under the crate. She stares at you for a moment. "I ain't looking for a crew so fuck off with your money begging."

You hold up your hands and walk back to Lucia. "Just trying to help chill." You and Lucia start walking off when she shouts at you to stop.

When you turn she is pushing the cart towards another woman waiting at a desk but calls out, "If you're looking to help for free wait there."

You were pretty sure it was a joke and look at Lucia so see her looking past you and checking out the woman's ass. Lucia notices your eyes on her and looks at you. "What?" Her eyes don't stay for long as she looks around you once more and you clear your throat. "If it wasn't for you I'd be in bed with Auria but now fuck off." She was clearly worked up and since from what she said hasn't gotten any since before she exhausted herself you can hardly critique her for preving, you prev on basically every and to say you get regular realise is an gross understatement.

"You know if you help her you might get a better view, her top seemed kinda loose." You can't critique her but you can mess with her freely.

Lucia glares at you for a moment before you hear a call. "You still here?" The woman from the boat said as she brought the cart back. "I ain't paying for I can do myself." She walked to the ship and jumped up onto it. The movement making her top flutter and from your and Lucia's angle gave you both a clear if fleeting glimpse of tanned boob.

You and Lucia look at each other for a moment. A silence conversation happening in which tried to reason with her about continuing the tour, and her repeating boobs over and over again.