<b>The Grand Avenue, exiting Castle Auxcora (Milka / Edelle)</b><br/><br/>She laughed, her hand going to her breast as she does as if she wanted to make sure the beans were still there.  She laid her other hand on Milka's shoulder as if she needed to support herself.  The hand moved from her breast to fan herself.  "Well now, that is quite a gift!  I look forward to the experience!"  She laughed merrily again.  "Five you say?  Oh my, what would happen if you used more than one?  say two, or three, four," she cackles again, what in the world was she picturing in her head?  "For that matter all five? or...?"  She was back to the sweet side.  It was like gossiping with an old girlfriend about the latest naughty thing they had heard.  She seemed absolutely delighted and smiled merrily to all those they passed by as they entered the massive marketplace, the same one that Tara had grown impatient to get through and that Kalina was currently lost in with the Tutor and Chaperone Basil.  The Avenue was exactly 300 feet wide and went on for just over 13 miles to the outer walls of the city, straight as an arrow.<br/><br/>Edelle looked about with raised eyebrows.  She was very interested in the market and the Avenue itself.  She had come in from one of the lesser avenues on the north side of the city simply because it was closer to the road she had taken.  Legends were about the city itself, but it was the Grand Avenue and its "Market of a Million Fold Delights" that dominated them all.  She was giddy at the thought of finally seeing it, and it was well known that all the best shops and stalls were those closest to the palace.  "Tell me about this place.  I want the real story from someone that lives here.  Too much news gets distorted into rumor and hearsay once it makes its way north to my home.  There are too few reliable sources for information.  Is it true you can find anything you want if you have the coin and the connections?  I hear this place can be wondrous.  Good and animals of all kinds from all corners of the realms!  So much to see!  Where can one start?"<br/><br/>In the back of her mind she remembered that there were merchants here selling a herb of her own dairy cattle.  She would drop in at some point and scare the living daylights out of him.  She grinned at the thought.  If Milka proved to be pleasant enough company for an outing she might bring her along as well.<div class="messageTextEndMarker"> </div>