After the encounter with the smiling gray-robed figure, both Finn and Althea lost the enthusiasm and eagerness to explore they previously had. To Finn, every gray robe he spotted made his vigilance subconsciously rise. Everyone that stared at him, he observed with distrust and assessment in his eyes.
Eventually, it became too much. Finn felt he was acting paranoid. He realized he needed something to distract his over-active mind. And thankfully, he had just spotted a good source of distraction.
"In here," Finn muttered, steering Althea toward a large, multi-story storefront that displayed garments from all three continents. The sign above the door was a shifting holographic image from Mechanus, cycling through the latest fashions of the season as the angle Finn observed it from changed.
They stepped inside, and immediately, the sudden quietness of the shop offered them the brief reprieve they sorely required from the sensory assault of the street.
