"What do you seek?"
"The nexus. The Market. That place where trading is done".
"You seek the Market. I see. For what reason do you seek the Market?"
"For my reasons. It matters to no one but me".
"That remains to be seen. I will give you that answer in exchange for a moment of your time".
"A moment of my time? Do you wish to ask me something in return?"
"No young one, for you know nothing I need. A moment of your time... a moment of your life. The price is a small piece of your existence. A moment of it. That is the cost for my answer".
"You want a moment of my lifespan in exchange for an answer that once given, you still have?"
"Yes child, you understand well. It is your need, as you say, not mine. Choose now, for I grow weary".
"I moment of my life, in exchange for knowing how to reach the Market. I agree".
The hooded figure vanished from the shadows, and Joseph blinked. Without understanding how, he now knew the way to reach the Market. His soul shuddered as his universe shrank by a single breaths worth of time. An awareness he didn't know existed swirled and screamed in his mind. Every fiber of fear and danger exploded in him, and just as quickly smothered like a drenched campfire. He gasped and hung onto the new knowledge he had traded part of his life for, feeling it trying to drain back into the shadows of time.
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