No one talked to Shard, so he wandered himself among the caravans. Almost everyone was busy with their own tasks; everything seemed quite normal, too normal in fact, which made Shard feel uneasy.
Pretending to be interested in the circus's souvenirs, he stopped by the stalls. The souvenirs they sold were mostly cheap items the circus had acquired locally while touring the Old Continent, marked up for sale in the next city. Shard even saw Coldwater Port's anchor charms, Maple Leaf Bookmarks from Midshire Fort, empty wine bottles from Huntington City with wine labels from famous vineyards, and ugly stone ornaments from Randall Valley.
Initially, Shard thought perhaps it was the relics inadvertently acquired by the circus that had caused some subtle events, but he was soon drawn to a stall selling various Roder Cards.
