Day CMLXI, part V

I slowly walked closer to her.

- I know how strange it all looks. I was also very disoriented when I woke up here - she said smiling in a compassionate manner. - But you will get used to this place. I think I should explain to you a few things.

She turned around and started walking. For a moment I hesitated, thinking that maybe I should try and return to my room in the barracks, but I quickly pushed away that thought. This place got me just too curious. I needed to find out what was going on. I left another anchor straight on the street, and followed her, with few quick steps catching up, so we actually walked together.

- The most important thing here is food. You can buy it from a strange levitating ball, but to do so you need points and that's where the trouble starts. There are two ways to get them. The easy one and the hard one. The easy one gives you just a little bit, and the hard gives a lot, but it's, well... Hard.

- What's the easy one?