The peaceful times are over. Moloch von Zinzer was murdered, and Nine was sentenced as his murderer. Everyone in Cartesio knows that.
Although life goes on, it seems the town of Cartesio isn't going to forget the tourists' transgressions. Not only they commited larceny in the cinema, they also murdered and executed in their town! It's no surprise their hospitality towards the visitors has cooled down considerably.
Not only they're maintaining a tense cordiality with them, they also have started talking behind the visitors' backs. All kinds of rumors are starting to sprout, yet nobody seems to be willing to say it to the tourists' faces. Talking directly to most passerby makes them distrustful, and nobody seems to want to be in close quarters alone with them.
It's only matter of time before the relationship between tourists and Cartesio starts degrading even further.
In the lobby of the motel there's a few more brochures, and
the maps have been updated once again.
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[So Kino got his pet back meaning... Cosmo?
His expression darkens immediately, eyes snapping away from Kino and towards the lodge. ....Looks like he's got a new bone to pick, thanks.]
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[A beat.]
Except that chicken should be dead, because I ate it.
[So???]
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You ate your pet?
[Look, he gets that this is a chicken, but..]
Wasn't that pet supposed to be something you raise with care?
[He'll touch this whole "should be dead, but isn't" thing later. This happens with all too much frequency in his world so the shock of it is a bit blunted.]
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[Because naturally that's going to raise a fuss when some of those animals are beloved pets.]
I'm a traveler. I can't take care of other living creatures easily when I'm on the road. So when they insisted on giving me a pet, I chose the most practical one.
[Nevermind that the place just has a reputation among travelers for giving out free food...]
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Aren't they going to ask you what happened to your chicken if you ever go back?
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I don't return to countries I've left. If I did that, I wouldn't get to see as many countries.
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You're going to run out of new countires to see eventually, you know.
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But I suppose if I did run out of countries, I could just stop traveling.
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[Kino's a fairly skilled individual, after all.]
But I'll think about it harder if I ever run out of places in the world to see.
[Though it's clear from Kino's tone they aren't expecting that anytime soon.]