barbie does tend to come before book in the standard english dictionary... [open]

[haruno]

There is a point, Sakura decided, Where directions are useless if there's no consistent measurement of distance. She felt she'd reached this point, stepping out of the main walkway and up onto a semi-clear platform lining this part of the road. By what she could figure, she should have arrived at this particular bookseller by now, but she still

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[noboothneeded]

"Look, I don't care what you say, this thing is not in good condition and you know it." Clark was up near a booth, haggling with a merchant over the price of a typewriter.

"I know in the age of modern technology, you're not gonna find a lot of people like me, so I can get that the spiel works more often that not. But you're still not going to fool anyone who actually plans on using this."

[haruno]

Sakura paused, noting the merchandise was at least moving away from the more playful and whimsical. Actually, she recognized what some of these were, which was unusual considering how often technology was just blatantly new to her.

Stepping up to the booth, she looked over at the haggler. "How much is he asking for it?"

[noboothneeded]

"1000 credits. It's not even worth half that." Clark said, glaring the merchant.

"Listen kid, I don't know how it is on your planet, but on this one. I gotta make a livin'." Said the dealer, chewing on a cigar.

"By ridiculously overcharging on pieces of junk?"

[haruno]

"Really," she said, surprised. "1000? I could have sworn I saw ones for less than half that closer to the hotel where I'm staying."

It was certainly at least possible that she had. "Guaranteed operational, too."