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From Home Is Where I Want To Be
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- Next morning, Neyu's task is to get some things from the market one neighborhood over
- In the market there are newsposts, updates on the war and other things
- Neyu remembers what the soldier taught her and listens in for clues about her sister
- She hears news of certain units, hears of one that sounds like it could be hers (maybe she sent correspondence early on)
- Asks how to contact military personnel
- Told Damamat would never let messages through to enemy
- Asks why Damamat and Pertaman are allied
- Told no one really knows for sure, news so slow in coming out to Local Cluster
- As Neyu leaves, a fellow Vaasith says he can get her message out, and to contact him at a local teahouse later that evening
- She agrees and moves on to buy what's on Suthan's list
- As she shops, she sees a young boy stealing something and getting caught
- The vendor starts beating the hell out of the kid
- Neyu has to make a decision -- she can walk away, or step in and stop what's going on
- THis is where she shifts from being someone who relies heavily on others as a matter of course, a matter of personal identity, and begins to stand more on her own
- She chooses to step in
- The vendor starts beating the hell out of the kid
- Boy is stealing for selfish reasons, but she still believes the beating is unwarranted -- she uses some of her own money to pay off what the boy took
- Boy runs off without a word of thanks
- Vendor says she's an idiot for being taken advantage of
- Neyu says she's done the right thing, and it's up to the boy to reciprocate; she will not be adversely affected by what others do