Kyle led the middle-aged man to his pile of Earth Stone, which had grown pretty big by now.
The man looked at it with furrowed brows.
"I would say that's about three Ether Pebbles," he said. "You said you also have three Ether Pebbles with you, right?"
Kyle nodded.
The man fell into thought for a couple of seconds.
"We will be back in about three days," the middle-aged man said. "If you can double the size of the pile by then, we will escort you to Fire Coast. How does that sound?"
Kyle looked at his pile. "It's a lot of digging, but it should be possible."
"Then, we have a deal," the man said with a smile, extending his hand.
"Oh, that reminds me," he added. "I haven't introduced myself yet."
"I'm Monty Lornstein, and I lead the Lornstein Caravan. We travel through all the Cradles north of the Big Bazaar to offer our wares."
Kyle shook Monty's hand. "Name's Kyle Freeman and my job is to go south."
