Blondes Battle

Part 4

Hold on a second, he thought. All this praise for a food he hasn't even tasted yet? No no no.

„Let me try your dish" he demanded.

The blonde boy nodded but reached out his hand, requesting... something?

Of course, not even in this world one could escape the need for money. Hesitantly the man pulled out his wallet, hoping to find a fortune within it.

All this money which had been time before. Time he spent in the kitchen to pursue a simple trade: to live for a living.

Not much more than some banknotes were left. He offered a fraction of his only belongings from the real world to the young one.

The boys eyes questioned him

„Don't tell me you're a stranger to my currency. It's all I got"

Hesitantly the other let the bills be put into his hands. Curiosity being the reason as to why he would accept money he couldn't pay with.

By now the harsch truth caught up to the man. Not only was he lost where no one could find him, he was a stranger to the people, their ways and all his hard work he carried with him, might be of no use.

Cruel can be the world of the unknown. The only thing he was certain of, was the comforting fact that starvation was off the table for at least another two weeks.

Expectations high, his mouth tasted the heated meat.

This kid is good. Almost too good, he worried.