The old woman leaned closer, as though sharing a rumor meant for him alone.
"You won't find them in any shop here, boy…"
She said this proudly as she had been staying here for a very long time.
"No merchant wants to bother with these. Too much work to peel, they say. And the shells scare some folk—makes them think the meat is poisonous. But my son… he knows where to catch them and how to raise them without magic feed."
That last detail caught Shane's attention.
Most exotic seafood in the Bazaar required enchanted water environments and specialized feed. They could be expensive, rare, and a pain to transport.
If her son had found a workaround, it was worth more than just a few skewers.
The woman smiled when she saw his interest. "Come. He's not far."
With still about three hours before the Grand Auction Event, Shane decided to follow her.
