Chapter 30: Rushed Buy.
After the instruction the Cadets receive in the Square Market, most of them immediately run to the establishments to supply themselves of whatever may be useful.
Nevertheless, there are other Cadets that have more experience in the subject, or they simply are aware of teamwork and communication is necessary, for not to say is an aspect silently evaluated by the Instructors.
Four Women of another Exploration Group approach Khallyon's Group, along five Men of two different Exploration Groups, having a small chat to coordinate their actions.
The Gender separation is not a coincidence, as there are establishments that doesn't allow the entrance to Men or Women; Bridal Shops are a good example of this rule.
The Women advance all together, checking the Stores available; Leroy and Elton go with the other Group of Men, while Ethreus and Khallyon advance on their own in separated paths.
The first thing Khallyon gets his hands into is a sleeping bag; One that is larger than the item inside of his backpack; Because over the years, as he didn't had the need, his previous sleeping bag became too small for his towering, muscular and broader body frame.
The next thing that caughts tha Young Man's attention is a really necessary object, Binoculars, unfortunately, there is only one of them and in this case is really expensive.
The price of 76 Millions is astronomically excessive at first sight, but closer inspection gives a satisfactory answer that explains this grotesque amount of Credits required for the item.
The Binoculars are similar to a mask and have enough augment to observe without problems a person who is 20 Kilometers away, not to mention the Thermal and Åyûrïc modes of observation.