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her work experience week at Lancastrian Lines. In shipbroking she’s accustomed to repeat business. Ships’ Pursers always want “the same thing as last time”. Food, water, firewood, detergent and so on. Whereas at Lancastrian Lines, an order processing clerk has to work with ever changing manifests. Copper, lumber, oats, sugar, oranges, sheep, and even llamas!
Right now KristalClear has no idea what’s going on and she wants Conning to explain the whole background to the llama story.
So far, her demi-psychic powers haven’t worked on the human wavelength, but right now a bit of extra insight would definitely help. Especially when people like Conning start talking in riddles.
Determined to remain calm and polite, KristalClear looks directly at Conning, narrows her eyes, and lightly pushes her tongue into her left cheek, then ventures a suggestion.
“Two things,” says KristalClear, “are they alongside St George’s Quay right now, can I go and try talking to them? And, it’s the first time I’ve ever heard of people shipping llamas, what’s that all about?”
“It seems that llama farming isn’t a big business success story,” says Conning. “There’s a farm near Conwy which has been trying to sell their six. They finally found a buyer in Carlisle who wanted ten. And you know HopAlong in Ulverston?”
“Yes, he used to run a stable and a stud,” says KristalClear, “ I went there once when I was about ten, but he stopped doing horses didn’t he?”
“And then he started breeding llamas!” says Conning, “but one of his llamas died in June, and now he’s decided to sell the other three and call it a day. He wants to retire.”
“Do farmers ever retire? Couldn’t he start breeding horses again, he knows the market?”
“Just some chickens and a few goats from what I hear. Don’t all farmers do that in their later years?” asks Conning, “just enough to have a supply of eggs and milk?”
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