#odyssey

"I.. sorry, yeah, you could make better stuff than here anyway" A nod

There are extending canes, chair lifts, shower rails that will also scrub your back with a robotic loofah hand...

They wouldn't allow a chair lift to alter the hold, that was already made clear

There is one booth where the Dougal emblem is incorporated into personal mark - the lady behind the counter has an arm and shoulder joint that gleams like molten brass.

"Well, different stuff."

A look at the Dougal mark

"Even I'll say, DOugal might not be bad to talk to for that."

"They do adaptive well."

"Can't hurt to ask" She moves to the Dougal booth "hello?"

The bronze-armed nocker turns to look up at Gwen. "Jeeee-zus Christmas, you're a landslide. What can I do you for? Crack in your crack?"

"No. My mother is an elderly boggan. She has a bad hip. In truth she might use a hip replacement, but she's terrified of hospitals. Do you have a brace taht could help her walk?"

"Huh! Blast, Making something for stone-skin would be a challenge." A bit disappointed. "Hip you say?"

She describes her mom's condition in medical detail, having researched all she could

Thistle is poking at things!

"Well, a hip replacement is simple surgery these days. It's just a furkin' ball-n-socket joint, you know?"

"Can't you just knock the old broad out and haul her to the outpatient?"

Even as she says that, she's making notes and sketches on a pad.

"believe me, I've considered it. I've also wondered if we could have the surgery somehow done at the hold but that's pretty intense.Spring seems to help for a month tops, then it's back to hurting"

"Spring the art, not springs the machine parts" Better be sure

"Now a SPRING, that's an idea! Put a bit more spring in the old gray mare's step!"

A coiled design added to the sketches!

Thistle gets her hand smacked by someone 'Don't poke the merch" says the guy selling what looks to be high grade liquid apoxy and antipoxy alike

"Inspecting it!"

"See if it's worth buying."

"Listen, I only do outerware. You need someone who does WETWORK. Listen, there's a Lordling over in Grass, he has an entire spine replacement. Find out who did his work."

"I will. Do you remember the lordlings name or the place?"

"But it should be nip and tuck, pop the socket and sew the pocket." She makes a POP noise with her cheek.

"Plume? Flume? Something like that. Heard he's set to inherit a Fiona hold these days."

"Dougal, that is. Not a Nocker, but we respect their work for simple things. I'm Dougal trained myself. Now, if you let me add a motor... THEN we're cooking with gas!"

"Oh, okay... hey, how about i buy ..." And she buys something from this lady to make up for the info

And the Antipoxy salesmen sighs and puts out samples

"See, simple is sometimes fine." Nodding as she sells an adjustable dog water and food dish to Gwen, who knows that it's better for necks and digestion for a larger dog to eat without stooping. Just watch that the dial doesn't get set to 11.

Ooo a real prize!

There are shops, and workshops, and materials! Many things are glimpsed and might need a future visit, and a few vendors perhaps even invited to Pennons!

But for now, back to the Hotel...

(End Goblin Town!)