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Prephessy Oraclation was plodding along looking at the different shops. He had just recently moved and this land and dryness was all strange to him. It felt odd hearing things without the distortion of water. He was still trying to get used to it all. He had gotten used to the feeling of being ‘heavy’ out of the water but he wasn’t sure how others dealt with it. He was still trying to decorate his apartment and that had lead him to wandering the streets of Everville. He spotted a flower shop and wondered if they had aquatic plants. It was a stretch given there wasn’t much of the deep see here but he wanted to check. Slowly opening the shop he froze for a half a second as a bell went off overhead. Sliding in the rest of the way he noticed a large amount of land flowers that were cut and some that were potted. He nearly turned and left but he did want something else in his apartment even if it was a land flower he decided sadly. “Hello?” He called out softly but sounded harsh in the air. He had been told his voice sounded like rocks rolling around and given his size he supposed he was somewhat intimidating. Slouching down so as not to seem to large he started to look around the shop. His light glowing softly while he looked from flower to flower. He had no idea what the names of the flowers were or why they smelled so strange to him. He supposed the next time he visited the university library he would pick up a book to look at so that he could understand their appeal. Aquatic plants were far better in his mind. He hoped if he did get a flower the seller could explain how to take care of it to him.

Prephessy looked at the shop keep as she spoke. At the first noise he had been surprised so his lure glowed before he saw it was only the shop keeper. Once he settled from the shock the glow from his lure dimmed down. He hoped he didn’t scare her. Her pattern was quite lovely and her eyes were like the more verdant of sea plants. Many aquatics would have loved to have such a pattern. His voice rumbled out. “I would like a house plant. I didn’t notice any …water plants. Could you tell me about a plant that is easy to take care of that is ok with high humidity.” He hoped she could help him as it would be nice to have something pretty around the apartment. His own disfigurement did not stop him from appreciating the beauty in other things. He noticed something odd about the ponies tail. She had a tail with teeth that were like his own. It was oddly a comforting as he worried that there might be some on the surface who might find him more intimidating then he was. Keeping himself from being to large he looked around trying to figure out what kind of plants he might actually be able to raise. His eyes looked out from under his bangs and noticed a basket. A little foal? That was interesting. He could imagine it must be hard to have a young one and run a shop.

His ears drooped a bit when he heard that there was no aquatic plant available. It had been a long shot after all. He would not special order in a plant for himself. That would be a waste of luxury on himself that he was not willing to indulge in so soon after moving. He noticed her seeming shyness. He couldn’t blame her. She was alone in a store with a larger stranger. He noticed then her tail moved and was looking him. He tilted his head and leaned in quite curious about it and leaned in slightly looking back at it but also not wanting to get to close and scare it into bumping the basket into something and risk harming the foal. “Bro-mel-i-ads?” Straightening quickly up he didn’t think to shrink himself so as not appear to tall. “I’ve never had to take care of one could you tell me what to expect? I’ll be in an out with research and work so does it need careful tending?” He didn’t want to kill them by accident as his naivety just because someone who was skilled with plants said it was easy didn’t mean it was easy for one unskilled. He had to admit they were pretty with their fat leaves and some of them seemed like little spikes. “They come in a variety of colors.” His ear fins moved and his light seemed to give a very soft glow looking at the plants. He shifted and noticed he was getting close the basket. “Sorry.” Stepping away a bit he gave the tail and basket more space.

Prephessy listened intently to the shopkeeper to talk about bromeliads. She seemed much more at easy when talking about the plants. He was very relieved she didn’t seem to mind him being close to the basket but he still wanted to give the small basket space as he was quite a bit larger. “Thank you.” His tail fin gave a slow wave back and forth as his light seemed to dim a bit into a more relaxing glow as he himself relaxed. “How do they do with humidity?” The step by step care the shopkeeper had been telling him made in very interested in keeping bromeliads. It seemed like a fairly good match for what he was looking for even if it wasn’t a water plant. There was a particularly vibrant green one that he was looking at. He could appreciate the beauty in it's small spike like form. “Do you recommend getting a few of these at a time or is it just one plant per pot?” His apartment wasn’t to large at the moment but he knew he would likely have to move again when his clinic was officially open. He looked around the shop seeing the other plants. in truth he was still feeling awkward but she seemed more relaxed talking about plants so he used it as a distraction. “These all look quite well cared for.” Though he didn’t know a lot about plants he could tell the bright colors and no blight on leaves meant they were healthy. “Do you just sell the plants or do you also sell things to keep taking care of them as well?” He wanted to know if he could keep coming back to one shop for all of his plant needs or if she would recommend another shop for supplies.