(Some papers.)

(There's some sort of sale happening, it seems.)

(Some papers.)

Story-loving Shopkeeper Ahoy, traveling one!

Story-loving Shopkeeper Oh! You're with Mirabelle and the lady with the glasses, I recognize you!

Story-loving Shopkeeper Can you believe Mirabelle has been blessed by the Change God to save us all?

Story-loving Shopkeeper The Change God almost never gives blessings of any kind... It's truly amazing Mirabelle has been chosen!

Story-loving Shopkeeper May the Change God protect her in her journey!!!

(You nod.)

(The Change God, huh...)

(You nod, again.)

(Blessings by the Change God, huh...)

(You wonder if the Change God is the one who revived you, and gave you those powers.)

(Eh, it doesn't matter that much.)

(...)

(But Mirabelle wasn't blessed by the Change God. She was blessed by the Head Housemaiden.)

(It doesn't make that much of a difference to you, but Mirabelle seemed very worried at the idea of people knowing, so much that she kept the truth a secret...)

(Probably Mirabelle getting stressed out for nothing.)

Siffrin (fake1)

• "How would you react if she wasn't actually blessed by the Change God?"

  Story-loving Shopkeeper ...

  Story-loving Shopkeeper Huh? What do you mean?

  Story-loving Shopkeeper If... If she wasn't blessed by the Change God, then...

  Story-loving Shopkeeper Then it would mean the Change God abandoned us, right? It would mean there's no hope for Vaugarde, right? Hahaha...

  Story-loving Shopkeeper ...Where is this coming from, anyway? You said this hypothetically, right? She's really blessed by the Change God, right?

  Story-loving Shopkeeper VAUGARDE WILL BE SAVED, RIGHT?!?

  
  

  (. . .)

  (Ah, you get it now.)

  Siffrin (fake1) Hypothetically, of course!

  
  

  Story-loving Shopkeeper . . .

  Story-loving Shopkeeper Oh, okay! Phew! You had me worried for a second, there!!!

  Story-loving Shopkeeper Ah, what a relief.

  
  

  (. . .)

  (You understand Mirabelle a bit better, now.)

• (Nah.)

  (None of your business.)

Siffrin (questions1) (Oh, before you forget.) Know anything about locked doors in the House?

Story-loving Shopkeeper Locked doors...? Ah, yes!

Story-loving Shopkeeper There's one locked by one of those word locks. Let's see...

Story-loving Shopkeeper Ah, I remember! The openphrase to open it is "stostorage roomoom", because there's a storage room inside, but I didn't want it to unlock if you just said "storage room".

(. . .)

Story-loving Shopkeeper D-Don't look at me like that...

Story-loving Shopkeeper Well, either way, there's not much in there. Nonetheless, I hope it helps you on your journey tomorrow!

(Hm...)

(Didn't this shopkeeper know about that one locked room?)

(Maybe they'd know about other, secret, hidden rooms around the House.)

(Nothing else to do but explore, you suppose.)

Siffrin (questions1) Know of any hidden rooms in the House?

Story-loving Shopkeeper Hm... Hidden rooms, hidden rooms...

Story-loving Shopkeeper Oh! It's not really hidden, but... You might see a bunch of holes in walls. And rubble around them, too.

Story-loving Shopkeeper Honestly, we've been trying to fix those... Some are water damage, some are accidents, some are, uh, scientific explosions.

Story-loving Shopkeeper But I have heard one of those holes actually leads to some old, blocked off hallway!

(Hm...)

(You should keep a lookout for holes in walls, and rubble, you suppose.)

(You need to ask...)

Story-loving Shopkeeper What I asked the Favor Tree?

Story-loving Shopkeeper For the Change God to keep protecting Vaugarde, of course!

Story-loving Shopkeeper Ahoy, tra--

(No point talking to them.)

If you haven't talked to Odile yet

(You're only in here to talk to Odile, anyway.)

(You walk away.)

Story-loving Shopkeeper Oh, um, okay! May the Change God protect you!

Odile (up1) ...

Story-loving Shopkeeper May the Change God protect you!

(Old, moldy books.)

(You can't even read their titles.)

(A closet filled with everything from empty salt shakers to half broken pencils.)

(Are they for sale...?)

(A little figure of the Change God.)

(It's been Crafted to dance slightly.)

(This one has a wide smile.)

(Shelves filled with various foods.)

(Being near them makes your stomach grumble...)

(Some little paintings animated by Craft.)

(You can see the shopkeeper, along with some other people from Dormont.)