There was a good variety of books in the stall before them, the problem Théadan found was that most of them were in languages that he did not know. Navia managed to succeed in finding books she was interested in though, so that was a success at least. She brushed the matter of the lion aside though, which Théadan decided it was probably for the best to just accept and move on, rather than pry and try to understand more of what was going on there. Théadan had learned there were times when Navia wanted or even needed that bit of distance for her to work something out in her own time, and it was just better to give her that than continue to push and probably make things worse.<br/><br/>Her newly bought books were slipped beneath her arm before she gave him her full attention. Clearly she didn't want to address it further, making the excuse that they had their horses and that would be enough, but Théadan had to wonder if that was entirely true. When they had their home one day in the future, maybe it would be home to many animals for them to enjoy - just hopefully none that would do them or others harm. As was so often the case between them, Navia swept the subject of the lion away with a little humour and mischief, her eyes lighting up at the opportunity to remind him of how she liked to call him a kitten from time to time. She poked him and brushed passed too, just to tease him that bit further as she moved on to look at one last thing.<br/><br/>It took a moment for Théadan to find a fitting response to call after her, "More like a tiger!" But she was already gone into the crowd, and it didn't seem terribly likely she would have heard him. With a shake of his head he turned back towards the stand filled with books, and the Khluri woman standing on the opposite side who had just watched and heard all that unfold. She had an amused expression on her face, and chuckled a little at his expense. "A head strong woman," She commented with a knowing nod, "You have your work cut out for you with that one."<br/><br/>"Don't I know it." Was Théadan's reply with a grin. He poked around through the books before catching the gaze of the Khluri woman and asking, "Do you sell any blank books, for writing in?" She said nothing, only smiled and then searched behind the stall before pulling out a wooden box filled with a variety of books all with different covers. Some tanned, some with patterns marked across the cover, most had a leather binding, but a few were made to be hardbacks. Looking through them, Théadan found one that had a pattern he felt drawn too, and so paid the Khluri a copper for it. A table just a short way down from the bookseller caught Théadan's attention, a fruit stand selling a bunch of fruits he had never seen before, and some he had. They had the pineapple there, and he was tempted to buy it, but they had plans for that fruit, there would be a time for that in Khlurios he was sure. Instead another one caught his eye with its red and yellow skin, but the distinctive crease in it made Théadan think of Navia, and he couldn't help but smirk when he realised why.<br/><br/>He bought three, and tucked them all away into a sack along with his newly bought book just as Navia announced her arrival behind him. "Yeah I think I have managed to find everything I wanted from this market. I'm ready to go find that tavern now." Théadan said, turning to face her and spotting she now carried more than just a moment ago. "How about you? I see you managed to buy one more thing." He said, offering her his arm, while staring at the burlap with curious eyes, "What have you got for yourself there?"